Ryzen 5 5600HS vs Xeon Gold 5120
Primary details
Comparing Xeon Gold 5120 and Ryzen 5 5600HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 676 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 5.04 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Xeon Gold | AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000) |
| Power efficiency | 10.47 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (server) (2017−2018) | Cezanne-HS (Zen 3) (2021) |
| Release date | 11 July 2017 (7 years ago) | 12 January 2021 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,555 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon Gold 5120 and Ryzen 5 5600HS 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 cores | 14 (Tetradeca-Core) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 28 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Multiplier | 22 | 30 |
| L1 cache | 896 KB | 384 KB |
| L2 cache | 14 MB | 3 MB |
| L3 cache | 19.25 MB | 16 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | no data | 180 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 81 °C | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 10,700 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 5120 and Ryzen 5 5600HS 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 configuration | 4 (Multiprocessor) | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 105 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Ryzen 5 5600HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
Security technologies
Xeon Gold 5120 and Ryzen 5 5600HS technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Ryzen 5 5600HS are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Ryzen 5 5600HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | 768 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 6 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 115.212 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1800 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Ryzen 5 5600HS.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 11 July 2017 | 12 January 2021 |
| Physical cores | 14 | 6 |
| Threads | 28 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 105 Watt | 35 Watt |
Xeon Gold 5120 has 133.3% more physical cores and 133.3% more threads.
Ryzen 5 5600HS, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 5120 and Ryzen 5 5600HS. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Xeon Gold 5120 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 5600HS is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Gold 5120 and Ryzen 5 5600HS, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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