Ryzen 5 5600G vs Xeon Silver 4210R

Place in the ranking	796	611
Place by popularity	not in top-100	18
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	28.03	28.17
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	AMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency	9.01	18.21
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Cezanne (2021−2024)
Release date	24 February 2020 (4 years ago)	13 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$511	$259

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4210R and Ryzen 5 5600G have a nearly equal value for money.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4210R and Ryzen 5 5600G 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	10 (Deca-Core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	20	12
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	4.4 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	24	39
L1 cache	640 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	10 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	13.75 MB	16 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Die size	no data	AM4 (1331) mm²
Maximum core temperature	84 °C	95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	95 °C
Number of transistors	no data	10,700 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4210R and Ryzen 5 5600G 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	no data	1
Socket	FCLGA3647	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4210R and Ryzen 5 5600G. 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 Silver 4210R and Ryzen 5 5600G 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 Silver 4210R and Ryzen 5 5600G 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 Silver 4210R and Ryzen 5 5600G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4
Maximum memory size	1 TB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	51.196 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1900 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4210R and Ryzen 5 5600G.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
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.

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.

Xeon Silver 4210R 9.52

Ryzen 5 5600G 12.51
+31.4%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon Silver 4210R 15118

Ryzen 5 5600G 19871
+31.4%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon Silver 4210R 1083

Ryzen 5 5600G 1938
+78.9%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon Silver 4210R 6126

Ryzen 5 5600G 7720
+26%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	9.52	12.51
Recency	24 February 2020	13 April 2021
Physical cores	10	6
Threads	20	12
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	65 Watt

Xeon Silver 4210R has 66.7% more physical cores and 66.7% more threads.

Ryzen 5 5600G, on the other hand, has a 31.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 53.8% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 5600G is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Silver 4210R in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon Silver 4210R is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 5600G is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Silver 4210R and Ryzen 5 5600G, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.