AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 vs Intel Xeon Gold 5218

Head-to-head processor comparison

Aggregated Scores

Combined benchmark scores for both processors


Overall Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

6,171

Rank #188

vs
5,550

Rank #446

6,171
5,550

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 wins by 10.1% (Rank #188 vs #446)

Singlecore Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

6,116

Rank #228

vs
5,282

Rank #742

6,116
5,282

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 wins by 13.6% (Rank #228 vs #742)

Multicore Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

6,254

Rank #198

vs
5,952

Rank #245

6,254
5,952

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 wins by 4.8% (Rank #198 vs #245)

Number Crunching

Out of 1,771 results in the database

5,674

Rank #144

vs
5,250

Rank #250

5,674
5,250

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 wins by 7.5% (Rank #144 vs #250)

Data Processing

Out of 1,771 results in the database

5,786

Rank #138

vs
5,359

Rank #255

5,786
5,359

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 wins by 7.4% (Rank #138 vs #255)

Physics & Compute

Out of 1,771 results in the database

5,532

Rank #179

vs
5,285

Rank #242

5,532
5,285

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 wins by 4.5% (Rank #179 vs #242)


Specifications

Side-by-side comparison of key specifications


Specification Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 Xeon Gold 5218 Diff
Cores
12
16
-25%
Threads
24
32
-25%
Base Frequency
3,100 MHz
2,300 MHz
+25.8%
Turbo Frequency (1 core) --
3,900 MHz
Clock Multiplier --
23x
L1 Cache
768 KB
1,024 KB
-25%
L2 Cache
6 MiB
16 MiB
-62.5%
L3 Cache
64 MiB
22 MiB
+65.6%
Memory Channels
2
6
-66.7%
Maximum Memory
128 GB
1,024 GB
-87.5%
Max Bandwidth
48 GB/s
119 GB/s
-60%
PCIe Lanes
20
48
-58.3%
Max CPUs
1
4
-75%
TDP (lower is better)
65 W
125 W
48% less
Process (lower is better)
7 nm
14 nm
50% less

General Information

Specification Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 Xeon Gold 5218
Designer AMD Intel
Family Ryzen Xeon
Series 3000 5200
Model Number PRO 5218
Microarchitecture Zen 2 Cascade Lake
Core Name Matisse Cascade Lake SP
Core Family -- 6
Socket Socket Socket P and LGA-3647
Package µOPGA-1331 FCLGA-3647
Chipset -- Lewisburg
Memory Type DDR4-3200 DDR4-2666
ECC Support No Yes
PCIe Revision 4.0 3.0
PCIe Configuration 1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4 1x16, x8, x4
Market Segment Desktop Server
Release Price -- $1,273.00
Locked Multiplier No Yes

Designer

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
AMD
Xeon Gold 5218
Intel

Family

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
Ryzen
Xeon Gold 5218
Xeon

Series

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
3000
Xeon Gold 5218
5200

Model Number

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
PRO
Xeon Gold 5218
5218

Microarchitecture

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
Zen 2
Xeon Gold 5218
Cascade Lake

Core Name

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
Matisse
Xeon Gold 5218
Cascade Lake SP

Core Family

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
--
Xeon Gold 5218
6

Socket

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
Socket
Xeon Gold 5218
Socket P and LGA-3647

Package

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
µOPGA-1331
Xeon Gold 5218
FCLGA-3647

Chipset

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
--
Xeon Gold 5218
Lewisburg

Memory Type

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
DDR4-3200
Xeon Gold 5218
DDR4-2666

ECC Support

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
No
Xeon Gold 5218
Yes

PCIe Revision

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
4.0
Xeon Gold 5218
3.0

PCIe Configuration

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4
Xeon Gold 5218
1x16, x8, x4

Market Segment

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
Desktop
Xeon Gold 5218
Server

Release Price

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
--
Xeon Gold 5218
$1,273.00

Locked Multiplier

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
No
Xeon Gold 5218
Yes

Physical Specifications

Manufacturing process and die characteristics


Specification Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 Xeon Gold 5218
Process 7 nm 14 nm
Manufacturer TSMC Intel
Technology CMOS CMOS
Word Size 64-bit 64-bit
ISA x86-64 (x86) x86-64 (x86)

Process

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
7 nm
Xeon Gold 5218
14 nm

Manufacturer

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
TSMC
Xeon Gold 5218
Intel

Technology

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
CMOS
Xeon Gold 5218
CMOS

Word Size

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
64-bit
Xeon Gold 5218
64-bit

ISA

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
x86-64 (x86)
Xeon Gold 5218
x86-64 (x86)

CPU Extensions

Supported instruction set extensions comparison


Extension Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 Xeon Gold 5218
ABM
ADX
AES
AMD-V
AMD-Vi
AVX
AVX-512
AVX2
AVX512BW
AVX512CD
AVX512DQ
AVX512F
AVX512VL
AVX512VNNI
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2
CLMUL
DL Boost
EIST
EMMX
EPT
F16C
FMA3
FPU
HT
IPT
KPT
MBE Ctrl
MMX
MPX
NM
NX
PTT
Protected
RdRand
Real
SHA
SMEP
SMM
SMT
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
SSSE3
SST
Secure Key
SenseMI
TBT 2.0
TSME
TSX
TXT
VMD
VT-d
VT-x
XFR 2
vPro
x86-16
x86-32
x86-64