Ryzen 7 3800X vs Xeon Platinum 8180M

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8180M and Ryzen 7 3800X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	125	494
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	16.49
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Xeon Platinum	AMD Ryzen 7
Power efficiency	14.87	13.05
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)	Matisse (2019−2020)
Release date	11 July 2017 (7 years ago)	7 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$13,011	$399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Platinum 8180M and Ryzen 7 3800X have a nearly equal value for money.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8180M and Ryzen 7 3800X 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	28 (Octacosa-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	56	16
Base clock speed	2.5 GHz	3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	4.5 GHz
Multiplier	25	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	96K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	38.5 MB (shared)	32 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm, 12 nm
Maximum core temperature	84 °C	no data
Number of transistors	8,000 million	19,200 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8180M and Ryzen 7 3800X 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	8 (Multiprocessor)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA3647	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	205 Watt	105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8180M and Ryzen 7 3800X. 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	no data
AES-NI	+	+
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
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8180M and Ryzen 7 3800X 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 8180M and Ryzen 7 3800X 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 8180M and Ryzen 7 3800X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	128 GB
Max memory channels	6	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 GB/s	51.196 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8180M and Ryzen 7 3800X.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

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	32.38	14.56
Recency	11 July 2017	7 July 2019
Physical cores	28	8
Threads	56	16
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	205 Watt	105 Watt

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