Xeon Silver 4309Y vs Ryzen 5 8500G

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 8500G
2024
6 cores / 12 threads, 65 Watt
14.22
+13.9%
Xeon Silver 4309Y
2021
8 cores / 16 threads, 105 Watt
12.48

Ryzen 5 8500G outperforms Xeon Silver 4309Y by a moderate 14% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 8500G and Xeon Silver 4309Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking533630
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
Power efficiency19.9510.84
Architecture codenamePhoenix2 (2024)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229no data

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 8500G and Xeon Silver 4309Y 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1216
Base clock speed3.5 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed5 GHz3.6 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography4 nm10 nm
Die size137 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data76 °C
Number of transistors20,900 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 8500G and Xeon Silver 4309Y 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
SocketAM5FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and Xeon Silver 4309Y. 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-+
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 8500G and Xeon Silver 4309Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and Xeon Silver 4309Y 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 4309Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR4-2667
Maximum memory sizeno data6 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
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 4309Y.

PCIe version4.04.0
PCI Express lanes1464

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 14.22
+13.9%
Xeon Silver 4309Y 12.48

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 21755
+13.9%
Xeon Silver 4309Y 19100

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.22 12.48
Recency 8 January 2024 6 April 2021
Physical cores 6 8
Threads 12 16
Chip lithography 4 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 105 Watt

Ryzen 5 8500G has a 13.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 150% more advanced lithography process, and 61.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4309Y, on the other hand, has 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

The Ryzen 5 8500G is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Silver 4309Y in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 8500G is a notebook processor while Xeon Silver 4309Y is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 8500G and Xeon Silver 4309Y, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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