Xeon D-2899NT vs Ryzen 9 PRO 3900

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 and Xeon D-2899NT processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking281not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen 9no data
Power efficiency28.98no data
Architecture codenameZen 2 (2017−2020)Ice Lake-D (2022−2023)
Release date30 September 2019 (5 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,138

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 and Xeon D-2899NT 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)22 (Docosa-Core)
Threads2444
Base clock speed3.1 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.3 GHz3.1 GHz
L1 cache768 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache6 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache64 MB30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm10 nm
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 and Xeon D-2899NT 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketSocket AM4FCBGA2579
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt135 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 and Xeon D-2899NT. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
QuickAssistno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 and Xeon D-2899NT 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 9 PRO 3900 and Xeon D-2899NT 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 PRO 3900 and Xeon D-2899NT. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR4
Maximum memory size128 GB1 TB
Max memory channels24
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 and Xeon D-2899NT.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data32
USB revisionno data3.0
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data24
Number of USB portsno data4
Integrated LANno data+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 September 2019 14 December 2023
Physical cores 12 22
Threads 24 44
Chip lithography 7 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 135 Watt

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 has a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 107.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon D-2899NT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and 83.3% more physical cores and 83.3% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 and Xeon D-2899NT. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 is a desktop processor while Xeon D-2899NT is a server/workstation one.


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