Ryzen 5 8640U vs i7-965 Extreme Edition

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Primary details

Comparing Core i7-965 Extreme Edition and Ryzen 5 8640U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated563
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i7EEno data
Power efficiencyno data44.62
Architecture codenameNehalem (2008−2010)Hawk Point-U (Zen 4) (2023)
Release date17 November 2008 (15 years ago)6 December 2023 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i7-965 Extreme Edition and Ryzen 5 8640U 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads812
Base clock speedno data3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz4.9 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate6.4 GT/sno data
Multiplier24no data
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm4 nm
Die size263 mm2178 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors731 Million25,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-965 Extreme Edition and Ryzen 5 8640U 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
Socketno dataFP8
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-965 Extreme Edition and Ryzen 5 8640U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataRyzen AI, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-965 Extreme Edition and Ryzen 5 8640U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-965 Extreme Edition and Ryzen 5 8640U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5
Maximum memory size24 GBno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 760M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-965 Extreme Edition and Ryzen 5 8640U.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 November 2008 6 December 2023
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 8 12
Chip lithography 45 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 28 Watt

Ryzen 5 8640U has an age advantage of 15 years, 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads, a 1025% more advanced lithography process, and 364.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core i7-965 Extreme Edition and Ryzen 5 8640U. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core i7-965 Extreme Edition is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 8640U is a notebook one.


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