Intel Xeon Gold 5220R vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition

Last updated:

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Xeon Gold 5220R CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
Intel Xeon Gold 5220R AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Gold 5220R or AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition - 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 Intel Xeon Gold 5220R has 24 cores with 48 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. Up to 1024 GB of memory is supported in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 5220R was released in Q1/2020.

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition was released in Q3/2021.
Intel Xeon Gold (163) Family AMD Ryzen 9 (40)
Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55) CPU group AMD Ryzen 5000H (11)
2 Generation 4
Cascade Lake Architecture Cezanne (Zen 3)
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 5220R is a 24 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.20 GHz (4.00 GHz). The AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.30 GHz (4.60 GHz).

Intel Xeon Gold 5220R Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
24 Cores 8
48 Threads 16
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.20 GHz Frequency 3.30 GHz
4.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.60 GHz
2.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 4.20 GHz

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.

Intel Xeon Gold 5220R Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
-- 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.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir)
GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.90 GHz
-- GPU Generation 9
Technology 7 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 8
-- Shader 512
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

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.

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

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon Gold 5220R supports a maximum of 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Xeon Gold 5220R Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
DDR4-2933 Memory LPDDR4-4266, DDR4-3200
1024 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
140.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache 4.00 MB
35.75 MB L3 Cache 16.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
48 PCIe lanes 12
47.3 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Xeon Gold 5220R has a TDP of 150 W, that of the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition is 45 W.

Intel Xeon Gold 5220R Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
150 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 45 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 54 W
-- TDP down 35 W
-- Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 5220R has a 35.75 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition cache has a total of 20.00 MB.

Intel Xeon Gold 5220R Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
14 nm Technology 7 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
LGA 3647 Socket FP6
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2020 Release date Q3/2021
1555 $ Release price --
show more data show more data


Rate these processors

Here you can rate the Intel Xeon Gold 5220R to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 0 stars (0 ratings). Rate now:
Here you can rate the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 0 stars (0 ratings). Rate now:


Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Gold 5220R (70%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Gold 5220R (100%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition (58%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon Gold 5220R Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
24C 48T @ 4.00 GHz
1129 (76%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
1488 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon Gold 5220R Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
24C 48T @ 2.40 GHz
15684 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
7854 (50%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Xeon Gold 5220R Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
24C 48T @ 4.00 GHz
1278 (64%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
1992 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Xeon Gold 5220R Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
24C 48T @ 2.40 GHz
33402 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
22105 (66%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon Gold 5220R Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
24C 48T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
1478 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon Gold 5220R Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
24C 48T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
13875 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Xeon Gold 5220R Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
24C 48T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
7040 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon Gold 5220R Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
24C 48T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
578 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon Gold 5220R Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
24C 48T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
5474 (100%)

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.
Intel Xeon Gold 5220R Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) @ 1.90 GHz
1946 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Xeon Gold 5220R Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
24C 48T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
174 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon Gold 5220R AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
Unknown Unknown

Popular comparisons containing this CPUs

1. Intel Xeon Gold 5220RIntel Xeon Gold 5220 Intel Xeon Gold 5220R vs Intel Xeon Gold 5220
2. Intel Xeon Gold 5220RIntel Xeon Gold 6252 Intel Xeon Gold 5220R vs Intel Xeon Gold 6252
3. Intel Xeon Gold 5220RIntel Xeon Gold 5218R Intel Xeon Gold 5220R vs Intel Xeon Gold 5218R
4. Intel Xeon Gold 5218Intel Xeon Gold 5220R Intel Xeon Gold 5218 vs Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
5. Intel Xeon Gold 5220RIntel Xeon Gold 6240R Intel Xeon Gold 5220R vs Intel Xeon Gold 6240R
6. Intel Xeon Gold 5220RIntel Xeon Gold 6230 Intel Xeon Gold 5220R vs Intel Xeon Gold 6230
7. Intel Xeon Gold 5220RIntel Xeon Gold 6226R Intel Xeon Gold 5220R vs Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
8. Intel Xeon Gold 5220RIntel Xeon Gold 6252N Intel Xeon Gold 5220R vs Intel Xeon Gold 6252N
9. Intel Xeon Gold 5220RAMD EPYC 7452 Intel Xeon Gold 5220R vs AMD EPYC 7452
10. Intel Xeon Gold 5220RIntel Xeon Gold 5318Y Intel Xeon Gold 5220R vs Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y


back to index