Xeon Gold 5218N vs Ryzen 7 3700X

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 3700X and Xeon Gold 5218N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking507not rated
Place by popularity73not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation18.31no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency20.66no data
Architecture codenameMatisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date27 May 2019 (5 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$329$1,375

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 3700X and Xeon Gold 5218N 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads1632
Base clock speed3.6 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data23
L1 cache512 KB1 MB
L2 cache4 MB16 MB
L3 cache32 MB22 MB
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data81 °C
Number of transistors19,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 3700X and Xeon Gold 5218N 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)4 (Multiprocessor)
SocketAM4FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt110 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 3700X and Xeon Gold 5218N. 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 7 3700X and Xeon Gold 5218N 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 7 3700X and Xeon Gold 5218N 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 7 3700X and Xeon Gold 5218N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4-2667
Maximum memory size128 GB1 TB
Max memory channels26
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 3700X and Xeon Gold 5218N.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 May 2019 2 April 2019
Physical cores 8 16
Threads 16 32
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 110 Watt

Ryzen 7 3700X has an age advantage of 1 month, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 69.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5218N, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 7 3700X and Xeon Gold 5218N. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 7 3700X is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 5218N is a server/workstation one.


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