Xeon Platinum 9282 vs Ryzen 9 3900

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 3900 and Xeon Platinum 9282 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking289not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation19.98no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD Matisse (Ryzen 3000 Desktop)Intel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency28.23no data
Architecture codenameMatisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020)Cascade Lake-AP (2019)
Release date24 September 2019 (5 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 3900 and Xeon Platinum 9282 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)56 (Hexapentaconta-Core)
Threads24112
Base clock speed3.1 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed4.3 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data26
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache64 MB77 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm14 nm
Die size2x 74 mm2no data
Number of transistors7,600 million8,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 3900 and Xeon Platinum 9282 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 configuration18
SocketAM4Intel BGA5903
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt400 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 3900 and Xeon Platinum 9282. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x MMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A,-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA, Precision Boost 2Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
PowerNow-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
SIPP-+
Precision Boost 2++

Security technologies

Ryzen 9 3900 and Xeon Platinum 9282 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 3900 and Xeon Platinum 9282 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 3900 and Xeon Platinum 9282. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size128 GB2 TiB
Max memory channels212
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/s281.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 3900 and Xeon Platinum 9282.

PCIe version4.0no data
PCI Express lanes24no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 September 2019 2 April 2019
Physical cores 12 56
Threads 24 112
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 400 Watt

Ryzen 9 3900 has an age advantage of 5 months, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 515.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 9282, on the other hand, has 366.7% more physical cores and 366.7% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 9 3900 and Xeon Platinum 9282. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 9 3900 is a desktop processor while Xeon Platinum 9282 is a server/workstation one.


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