Xeon Platinum 8280L vs Ryzen 9 7940H

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Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking418not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency19.97no data
DesignerAMDIntel
ManufacturerTSMCno data
Architecture codenamePhoenix (2023−2024)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release dateJanuary 2023 (2 years ago)2 April 2019 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$17,906

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 7940H and Xeon Platinum 8280L basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores8 (Octa-Core)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads1656
Base clock speed4 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed5.2 GHz4 GHz
Multiplierno data27
L1 cache64K (per core)1.75 MB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)28 MB
L3 cache16 MB (shared)38.5 MB
Chip lithography4 nm14 nm
Die size178 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data84 °C
Number of transistors25,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 7940H and Xeon Platinum 8280L compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration18 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFP8FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 7940H and Xeon Platinum 8280L. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 9 7940H and Xeon Platinum 8280L technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 7940H and Xeon Platinum 8280L are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 7940H and Xeon Platinum 8280L. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-5600DDR4-2933
Maximum memory sizeno data4.5 TB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 780Mno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 7940H and Xeon Platinum 8280L.

PCIe version4.03.0
PCI Express lanes2048

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 8 28
Threads 16 56
Chip lithography 4 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 205 Watt

Ryzen 9 7940H has a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 485.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8280L, on the other hand, has 250% more physical cores and 250% more threads.

We couldn't decide between AMD Ryzen 9 7940H and Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Ryzen 9 7940H is a notebook processor while Xeon Platinum 8280L is a server/workstation one.

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