AMD Ryzen 9 5900
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8362. Specifications

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AMD Ryzen 9 5900
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Intel Xeon Platinum 8362
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What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 9 5900 or Intel Xeon Platinum 8362? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 has a base frequency of 3.50 GHz. 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in Q2/2021.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8362 has a base frequency of 2.80 GHz. 32 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 265 W. Released in Q2/2021.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 9 5900
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  • Higher clock speed

    Around 25% better clock speed

    3.50 GHz left arrow 2.80 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 31% higher specified turbo frequency

    4.70 GHz left arrow 3.60 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    65 W left arrow 265 W
  • More number of cores

    20 more cores

    32 left arrow 12

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 9 5900 AMD Ryzen 9 5900
Intel Xeon Platinum 8362 Intel Xeon Platinum 8362
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 5000 left arrow Intel Xeon Platinum 8300
  • Family
    AMD Ryzen left arrow Intel Xeon Platinum
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 3
  • Predecessor
    AMD Ryzen 9 3900 left arrow -
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    3.5 GHz left arrow 2.8 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    12 left arrow 32
  • CPU Threads
    24 left arrow 64
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.7 GHz left arrow 3.6 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
    4.3 GHz left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (32 Cores)
    - left arrow 3.2 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon Platinum 8362 and AMD Ryzen 9 5900. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow 6144 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 8
  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200 left arrow DDR4-3200
  • PCIe lanes
    20 left arrow 64
  • PCIe version
    4.0 left arrow 4.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 5900 and Intel Xeon Platinum 8362 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    95 °C left arrow -
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    65 W left arrow 265 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 5900 and Intel Xeon Platinum 8362, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Vermeer (Zen 3) left arrow Ice Lake
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
  • L2-Cache
    6 MB left arrow -
  • L3-Cache
    64 MB left arrow 48 MB
  • Release date
    Q2/2021 left arrow Q2/2021
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow LGA 4189
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 10 nm
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

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