AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500GE vs Intel Xeon Gold 6421N

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AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500GE CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Gold 6421N
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500GE Intel Xeon Gold 6421N

CPU comparison

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500GE or Intel Xeon Gold 6421N - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500GE has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.00 GHz. Up to 256 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500GE was released in Q2/2024.

The Intel Xeon Gold 6421N has 32 cores with 64 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6421N was released in Q1/2023.
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO (28) Family Intel Xeon Gold (163)
AMD Ryzen 8000G (14) CPU group Intel Xeon Gold 5400/6400 (25)
6 Generation 4
Phoenix (Zen 4) Architecture Sapphire Rapids
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500GE is a 6 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.40 GHz (5.00 GHz). The Intel Xeon Gold 6421N has 32 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.80 GHz (3.60 GHz).

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500GE Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6421N
6 Cores 32
12 Threads 64
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
3.40 GHz (5.00 GHz)
2x Zen 4
A-Core 1.80 GHz (3.60 GHz)
3.20 GHz (3.70 GHz)
4x Zen 4c
B-Core --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500GE Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6421N
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

AMD Radeon 740M GPU no iGPU
0.80 GHz GPU frequency --
2.80 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
10 GPU Generation --
4 nm Technology
4 Max. displays
4 Compute units --
256 Shader --
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
AMD FSR Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon 740M GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 No
Decode / Encode Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500GE supports a maximum of 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6421N can connect up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels.

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500GE Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6421N
DDR5-5200 Memory DDR5-4400
256 GB Max. Memory 4096 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 8 (Octa Channel)
83.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 281.6 GB/s
No ECC Yes
6.00 MB L2 Cache --
16.00 MB L3 Cache 60.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 5.0
14 PCIe lanes 80
27.6 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 315.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500GE has a TDP of 35 W, that of the Intel Xeon Gold 6421N is 185 W.

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500GE Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6421N
35 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 185 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
95 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500GE has a 22.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon Gold 6421N cache has a total of 60.00 MB.

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500GE Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6421N
4 nm Technology 10 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
AM5 (LGA 1718) Socket LGA 4677
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows, Linux
Q2/2024 Release date Q1/2023
-- Release price 2368 $
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500GE
AMD Radeon 740M @ 2.80 GHz
1434 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6421N Intel Xeon Gold 6421N
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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