Ryzen 5 5600U vs Xeon Platinum 8170

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8170 and Ryzen 5 5600U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated785
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon PlatinumAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiencyno data61.26
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2019)Cezanne-U (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date25 April 2017 (7 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$7,405no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8170 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 cores26 (Hexacosa-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads5212
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz4.2 GHz
Multiplier2123
L1 cache1.625 MB64K (per core)
L2 cache26 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache35.75 MB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm
Die sizeno data180 mm2
Maximum core temperature89 °C105 °C
Number of transistorsno data10,700 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8170 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 configuration8 (Multiprocessor)1
SocketFCLGA3647FP6
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8170 and Ryzen 5 5600U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512MMX, 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 Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8170 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 Platinum 8170 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 Platinum 8170 and Ryzen 5 5600U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon Vega 7

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8170 and Ryzen 5 5600U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes488

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 April 2017 12 January 2021
Physical cores 26 6
Threads 52 12
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 15 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8170 has 333.3% more physical cores and 333.3% more threads.

Ryzen 5 5600U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 1000% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Platinum 8170 and Ryzen 5 5600U. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Platinum 8170 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 5600U is a notebook one.


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