Xeon Silver 4210 vs Ryzen 5 8500G

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 8500G
2024
6 cores / 12 threads, 65 Watt
13.70
+60.2%
Xeon Silver 4210
2019
10 cores / 20 threads, 85 Watt
8.55

Ryzen 5 8500G outperforms Xeon Silver 4210 by an impressive 60% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 8500G and Xeon Silver 4210 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking547893
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data19.31
Market segmentLaptopServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Silver
Power efficiency19.939.51
Architecture codenamePhoenix2 (2024)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229$501

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 8500G and Xeon Silver 4210 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads1220
Base clock speed3.5 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed5 GHz3.2 GHz
Multiplierno data22
L1 cache64 KB (per core)640 KB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)10 MB
L3 cache16 MB (shared)13.75 MB
Chip lithography4 nm14 nm
Die size137 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data78 °C
Number of transistors20,900 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 8500G and Xeon Silver 4210 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration12 (Multiprocessor)
SocketAM5FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and Xeon Silver 4210. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 8500G and Xeon Silver 4210 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and Xeon Silver 4210 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and Xeon Silver 4210. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR4-2400
Maximum memory sizeno data1 TB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 740Mno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and Xeon Silver 4210.

PCIe version4.03.0
PCI Express lanes1448

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 5 8500G 13.70
+60.2%
Xeon Silver 4210 8.55

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 5 8500G 21757
+60.3%
Xeon Silver 4210 13575

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 13.70 8.55
Recency 8 January 2024 2 April 2019
Physical cores 6 10
Threads 12 20
Chip lithography 4 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 85 Watt

Ryzen 5 8500G has a 60.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 30.8% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4210, on the other hand, has 66.7% more physical cores and 66.7% more threads.

The Ryzen 5 8500G is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Silver 4210 in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 8500G is a notebook processor while Xeon Silver 4210 is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 8500G and Xeon Silver 4210, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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