Xeon Platinum 8558U vs Ryzen 9 5900HS

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 5900HS and Xeon Platinum 8558U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking536not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)no data
Power efficiency36.86no data
Architecture codenameCezanne-HS (Zen 3) (2021)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$3,720

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 5900HS and Xeon Platinum 8558U 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)48 (Octatetraconta-Core)
Threads1696
Base clock speed3 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.6 GHz4 GHz
Multiplier30no data
L1 cache512 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache4 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)260 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size180 mm22x 763 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data78 °C
Number of transistors10,700 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 5900HS and Xeon Platinum 8558U 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 configuration11
SocketFP6FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt300 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 5900HS and Xeon Platinum 8558U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 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® AMX, Intel® 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 9 5900HS and Xeon Platinum 8558U 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 5900HS and Xeon Platinum 8558U 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 5900HS and Xeon Platinum 8558U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5 @ 4800 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory sizeno data4 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)N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 5900HS and Xeon Platinum 8558U.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 January 2021 14 December 2023
Physical cores 8 48
Threads 16 96
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 300 Watt

Ryzen 9 5900HS has 757.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8558U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 9 5900HS and Xeon Platinum 8558U. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Ryzen 9 5900HS is a notebook processor while Xeon Platinum 8558U is a server/workstation one.


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