Ryzen 5 3500U vs Xeon Phi 7250
Primary details
Comparing Xeon Phi 7250 and Ryzen 5 3500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1339 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 46 |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Ryzen 5 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 27.60 |
| Architecture codename | Knights Landing (2016) | Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 20 June 2016 (8 years ago) | 6 January 2019 (5 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Xeon Phi 7250 and Ryzen 5 3500U 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 | 68 (Octahexaconta-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 272 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 1.4 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Multiplier | no data | 21 |
| L1 cache | 32 KB (per core) | 128K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB (shared) | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 12 nm |
| Die size | no data | 209.78 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | 8,000 million | 4940 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Phi 7250 and Ryzen 5 3500U 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 | 1 | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | 3647 | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 215 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Phi 7250 and Ryzen 5 3500U. 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 |
Security technologies
Xeon Phi 7250 and Ryzen 5 3500U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Phi 7250 and Ryzen 5 3500U 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 Phi 7250 and Ryzen 5 3500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 38.397 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Phi 7250 and Ryzen 5 3500U.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 12 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 20 June 2016 | 6 January 2019 |
| Physical cores | 68 | 4 |
| Threads | 272 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 215 Watt | 15 Watt |
Xeon Phi 7250 has 1600% more physical cores and 3300% more threads.
Ryzen 5 3500U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 1333.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Xeon Phi 7250 and Ryzen 5 3500U. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Xeon Phi 7250 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 3500U is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Phi 7250 and Ryzen 5 3500U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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