Xeon Silver 4309Y vs Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
2021
8 cores / 16 threads, 15 Watt
10.66
Xeon Silver 4309Y
2021
8 cores / 16 threads, 105 Watt
12.11
+13.6%

Xeon Silver 4309Y outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U by a moderate 14% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U and Xeon Silver 4309Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking738642
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesCezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)no data
Power efficiency67.2610.91
Architecture codenameCezanne-U PRO (Zen 3) (2021)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date16 March 2021 (3 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1616
Base clock speed1.9 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz3.6 GHz
Multiplier19no data
L1 cache512 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm10 nm
Die size180 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data76 °C
Number of transistors10,700 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 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
SocketFP6FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U and Xeon Silver 4309Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsPRO, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 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 7 PRO 5850U 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 7 PRO 5850U and Xeon Silver 4309Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-2667
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 RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 2000 MHz)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U and Xeon Silver 4309Y.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes864

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 7 PRO 5850U 10.66
Xeon Silver 4309Y 12.11
+13.6%

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 7 PRO 5850U 16932
Xeon Silver 4309Y 19237
+13.6%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 1705
+20.7%
Xeon Silver 4309Y 1413

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 6225
Xeon Silver 4309Y 7365
+18.3%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.66 12.11
Chip lithography 7 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 105 Watt

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U has a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 600% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4309Y, on the other hand, has a 13.6% higher aggregate performance score.

The Xeon Silver 4309Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U is a notebook processor while Xeon Silver 4309Y is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U and Xeon Silver 4309Y, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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