Ryzen 9 5950X vs Xeon Silver 4210T

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4210T and Ryzen 9 5950X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated160
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data27.75
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Seriesno dataAMD Ryzen 9
Power efficiencyno data25.85
Architecture codenameno dataVermeer (Zen 3) (2020−2022)
Release date1 January 2020 (4 years ago)5 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$799

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4210T and Ryzen 9 5950X 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads2032
Base clock speed2.3 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz4.9 GHz
Multiplierno data34
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data512K (per core)
L3 cache13.75 MB64 MB
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm, 12 nm
Die sizeno dataCPU cores: 2x 80.7 sq. mm., I/O: 125 mm2
Maximum core temperature91 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4210T and Ryzen 9 5950X 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 configurationno data1
SocketFCLGA3647AM4
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4210T and Ryzen 9 5950X. 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, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI++
AVX-+
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
Precision Boost 2no data+
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4210T and Ryzen 9 5950X 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 4210T and Ryzen 9 5950X 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 4210T and Ryzen 9 5950X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4
Maximum memory size1 TB128 GB
Max memory channels62
Maximum memory bandwidthno data51.196 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4210T and Ryzen 9 5950X.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes48no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2020 5 November 2020
Physical cores 10 16
Threads 20 32
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 105 Watt

Xeon Silver 4210T has 10.5% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 9 5950X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months, 60% more physical cores and 60% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Silver 4210T and Ryzen 9 5950X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Silver 4210T is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 9 5950X is a desktop one.


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