Xeon Gold 6162 vs Ryzen 7 5800X

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 5800X and Xeon Gold 6162 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking361not rated
Place by popularity49not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation24.47no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7no data
Power efficiency15.78no data
Architecture codenameVermeer (Zen 3) (2020−2022)no data
Release date5 November 2020 (4 years ago)1 July 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$449no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 5800X and Xeon Gold 6162 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)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads1648
Base clock speed3.8 GHz1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed4.7 GHz3.5 GHz
Multiplier38no data
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)no data
L3 cache32 MB33 MB
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm14 nm
Die size2 x 80.7 sq. mm; I/O = 125 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °Cno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility+-
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 5800X and Xeon Gold 6162 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 configuration1no data
SocketAM4FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 5800X and Xeon Gold 6162. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHAIntel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vProno 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

Security technologies

Ryzen 7 5800X and Xeon Gold 6162 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 5800X and Xeon Gold 6162 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 5800X and Xeon Gold 6162. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size128 GB768 GB
Max memory channels26
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 5800X and Xeon Gold 6162.

PCIe version4.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 November 2020 1 July 2018
Physical cores 8 24
Threads 16 48
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 150 Watt

Ryzen 7 5800X has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 42.9% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6162, on the other hand, has 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 7 5800X and Xeon Gold 6162. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 7 5800X is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 6162 is a server/workstation one.


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