Xeon Gold 5520 vs Ryzen 9 4900H

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 4900H and Xeon Gold 5520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking628not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)no data
Power efficiency25.35no data
Architecture codenameRenoir-H (Zen 2) (2020)no data
Release date16 March 2020 (4 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 4900H and Xeon Gold 5520 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)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads1656
Base clock speed3.3 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz4 GHz
Multiplier33no data
L1 cache512 KBno data
L2 cache4 MBno data
L3 cache8 MB52.5 MB
Chip lithography7 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size156 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C85 °C
Number of transistors9800 Millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 4900H and Xeon Gold 5520 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
SocketFP6FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 4900H and Xeon Gold 5520. 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, FMA, SHAIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX+-
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 9 4900H and Xeon Gold 5520 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 9 4900H and Xeon Gold 5520 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 9 4900H and Xeon Gold 5520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size64 GB4 TB
Max memory channels48
Maximum memory bandwidth68.27 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 4900H and Xeon Gold 5520.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 March 2020 1 October 2023
Physical cores 8 28
Threads 16 56
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 205 Watt

Ryzen 9 4900H has 355.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5520, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and 250% more physical cores and 250% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 9 4900H and Xeon Gold 5520. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Ryzen 9 4900H is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 5520 is a server/workstation one.


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