Ryzen 5 5500U vs Xeon Gold 6161

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6161 and Ryzen 5 5500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	928
Place by popularity	not in top-100	19
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency	no data	31.00
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)	Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021)
Release date	no data	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6161 and Ryzen 5 5500U 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	22 (Docosa-Core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	44	12
Base clock speed	no data	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.2 GHz	4 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	22	21
L1 cache	1.375 MB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	22 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	30.25 MB	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Die size	no data	156 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	no data	9,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6161 and Ryzen 5 5500U 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	Socket P	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6161 and Ryzen 5 5500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	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
TSX	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6161 and Ryzen 5 5500U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6161 and Ryzen 5 5500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB
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 7 ( - 1800 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6161 and Ryzen 5 5500U.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	12

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	22	6
Threads	44	12
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	25 Watt

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