Xeon Bronze 3508U vs Ryzen 5 PRO 1600

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 and Xeon Bronze 3508U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1002not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Power efficiency10.31no data
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)no data
Release date29 June 2017 (7 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 and Xeon Bronze 3508U 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)
Threads128
Base clock speed3.2 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier32no data
L1 cache576 KBno data
L2 cache3 MBno data
L3 cache16 MB (shared)22.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size213 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data83 °C
Number of transistors4800 Millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 and Xeon Bronze 3508U 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketAM4FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 and Xeon Bronze 3508U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 and Xeon Bronze 3508U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 and Xeon Bronze 3508U 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 PRO 1600 and Xeon Bronze 3508U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR5 @ 4400 MT/s (1 DPC &2DPC)
Maximum memory size64 GB4 TB
Max memory channels28
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 and Xeon Bronze 3508U.

PCIe version3.04
PCI Express lanes2080

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 June 2017 1 October 2023
Physical cores 6 8
Threads 12 8
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 125 Watt

Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 has 50% more threads, and 92.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Bronze 3508U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, and 33.3% more physical cores.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 and Xeon Bronze 3508U. We've got no test results to judge.


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