Ryzen 9 5950X vs Xeon E7520

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7520 and Ryzen 9 5950X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated160
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data27.75
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Seriesno dataAMD Ryzen 9
Power efficiencyno data25.87
Architecture codenameno dataVermeer (Zen 3) (2020−2022)
Release date1 January 2010 (14 years ago)8 October 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$799

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E7520 and Ryzen 9 5950X 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads832
Base clock speed1.87 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed1.87 GHz4.9 GHz
Multiplierno data34
L1 cacheno data1 MB
L2 cacheno data8 MB
L3 cache18 MB L3 Cache64 MB
Chip lithography45 nm7 nm, 12 nm
Die sizeno dataCPU cores: 2x 80.7 sq. mm., I/O: 125 mm2
Maximum core temperature70 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7520 and Ryzen 9 5950X 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 configurationno data1
SocketFCLGA1567AM4
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7520 and Ryzen 9 5950X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Xeon E7520 and Ryzen 9 5950X technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7520 and Ryzen 9 5950X are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7520 and Ryzen 9 5950X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data51.196 GB/s

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7520 and Ryzen 9 5950X.

PCIe versionno data4.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2010 8 October 2020
Physical cores 4 16
Threads 8 32
Chip lithography 45 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 105 Watt

Xeon E7520 has 10.5% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 9 5950X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E7520 and Ryzen 9 5950X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E7520 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 9 5950X is a desktop one.


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