The AMD Ryzen Embedded 5950E is a desktop processor with 16 cores, launched in April 2023. It is part of the Ryzen Embedded lineup, using the Zen 3 (Vermeer) architecture with Socket AM4. Thanks to AMD Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT) the core-count is effectively doubled, to 32 threads. Ryzen Embedded 5950E has 64 MB of L3 cache and operates at 3.05 GHz by default, but can boost up to 3.4 GHz, depending on the workload. AMD is making the Ryzen Embedded 5950E on a 7 nm production node using 8,300 million transistors. The silicon die of the chip is not fabricated at AMD, but at the foundry of TSMC. The multiplier is locked on Ryzen Embedded 5950E, which limits its overclocking potential.
With a TDP of 105 W, the Ryzen Embedded 5950E consumes a good deal of power, so decent cooling is needed. AMD's processor supports DDR4 memory with a dual-channel interface. The highest officially supported memory speed is 3200 MT/s, but with overclocking (and the right memory modules) you can go even higher. ECC memory is supported, too, which is an important capability for mission-critical systems, to avoid data corruption. For communication with other components in the system, Ryzen Embedded 5950E uses a PCI-Express Gen 4 connection. This processor does not have integrated graphics, you will need a separate graphics card.
Hardware virtualization is available on the Ryzen Embedded 5950E, which greatly improves virtual machine performance. Programs using Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) can run on this processor, boosting performance for calculation-heavy applications. Besides AVX, AMD is including the newer AVX2 standard, too, but not AVX-512.