Ryzen 5 7520U vs Xeon Platinum 9221

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 9221 and Ryzen 5 7520U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1130
Place by popularitynot in top-10028
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon PlatinumMendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiencyno data36.53
Architecture codenameCascade Lake-AP (2019)Mendocino-U (Zen 2) (2022)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 9221 and Ryzen 5 7520U 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 cores32 (Dotriaconta-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads648
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz4.3 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache64K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)512 KB (per core)
L3 cache71.5 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm6 nm
Die sizeno data100 mm2
Number of transistors8,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 9221 and Ryzen 5 7520U 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 configuration81
SocketIntel BGA5903FP6
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 9221 and Ryzen 5 7520U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX-512MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 9221 and Ryzen 5 7520U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 9221 and Ryzen 5 7520U 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 Platinum 9221 and Ryzen 5 7520U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR5
Maximum memory size2 TiBno data
Max memory channels12no data
Maximum memory bandwidth281.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 9221 and Ryzen 5 7520U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data4

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 20 September 2022
Physical cores 32 4
Threads 64 8
Chip lithography 14 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 15 Watt

Xeon Platinum 9221 has 700% more physical cores and 700% more threads.

Ryzen 5 7520U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 1566.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Platinum 9221 and Ryzen 5 7520U. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Platinum 9221 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 7520U is a notebook one.


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