Ryzen 3 5400U vs Xeon Gold 5215

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5215 and Ryzen 3 5400U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	778	1003
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	9.79	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency	10.95	43.96
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Cezanne-U (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,221	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5215 and Ryzen 3 5400U 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	10 (Deca-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	20	8
Base clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	4 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	25	26
L1 cache	640 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	10 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	13.75 MB	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Die size	no data	180 mm2
Maximum core temperature	77 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	no data	10,700 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5215 and Ryzen 3 5400U 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)	85 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5215 and Ryzen 3 5400U. 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
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5215 and Ryzen 3 5400U 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 5215 and Ryzen 3 5400U 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 5215 and Ryzen 3 5400U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR4
Maximum memory size	1 TB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 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 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5215 and Ryzen 3 5400U.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	8

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	10.02	7.10
Recency	2 April 2019	12 January 2021
Physical cores	10	4
Threads	20	8
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	15 Watt

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