Ryzen 5 5600U vs Xeon Gold 6250L
Primary details
Comparing Xeon Gold 6250L and Ryzen 5 5600U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 793 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000) |
| Power efficiency | no data | 61.16 |
| Architecture codename | no data | Cezanne-U (Zen 3) (2021) |
| Release date | 1 January 2020 (4 years ago) | 12 January 2021 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Xeon Gold 6250L and Ryzen 5 5600U 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 | 8 (Octa-Core) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 16 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | 3.9 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.5 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 23 |
| L1 cache | no data | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | no data | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 35.75 MB | 16 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | no data | 180 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 60 °C | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 10,700 million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 6250L and Ryzen 5 5600U 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 185 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6250L and Ryzen 5 5600U. 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 | - | + |
| 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 6250L and Ryzen 5 5600U 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 6250L and Ryzen 5 5600U 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 6250L and Ryzen 5 5600U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2933 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | 4.5 TB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 6 | 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 6250L and Ryzen 5 5600U.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | 8 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 January 2020 | 12 January 2021 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 6 |
| Threads | 16 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 185 Watt | 15 Watt |
Xeon Gold 6250L has 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.
Ryzen 5 5600U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 1133.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6250L and Ryzen 5 5600U. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Xeon Gold 6250L is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 5600U is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Gold 6250L and Ryzen 5 5600U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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