Ryzen 5 5600H vs Xeon Platinum 8280

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8280 and Ryzen 5 5600H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	270	739
Place by popularity	not in top-100	43
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.66	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Platinum	AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency	9.53	22.42
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake-SP (2018)	Cezanne-H (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date	11 December 2018 (6 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$10,009	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8280 and Ryzen 5 5600H 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)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	56	12
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	4.2 GHz
Multiplier	27	33
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	384 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	3 MB
L3 cache	38.5 MB (shared)	16 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Maximum core temperature	84 °C	no data
Number of transistors	8,000 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8280 and Ryzen 5 5600H 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)	no data
Socket	FCLGA3647	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	205 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8280 and Ryzen 5 5600H. 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	+	+
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
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8280 and Ryzen 5 5600H 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 8280 and Ryzen 5 5600H 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 8280 and Ryzen 5 5600H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4
Maximum memory size	1 TB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	140.8 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1800 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8280 and Ryzen 5 5600H.

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	20.64	10.66
Recency	11 December 2018	12 January 2021
Physical cores	28	6
Threads	56	12
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	205 Watt	45 Watt

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