Xeon Phi 7290 vs FX-9800P

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Primary details

Comparing FX-9800P and Xeon Phi 7290 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2086not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesAMD Bristol Ridgeno data
Power efficiency10.09no data
Architecture codenameBristol Ridge (2016−2019)Knights Landing (2016)
Release date31 May 2016 (8 years ago)20 June 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

FX-9800P and Xeon Phi 7290 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)72 (Doheptaconta-Core)
Threads4288
Base clock speed2.7 GHz1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz1.7 GHz
L1 cache320 KB32 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per module)512 KB (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm14 nm
Die size250 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistors3,100 million8,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on FX-9800P and Xeon Phi 7290 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 configuration11
SocketFP43647
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt245 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-9800P and Xeon Phi 7290. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Security technologies

FX-9800P and Xeon Phi 7290 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-9800P and Xeon Phi 7290 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-9800P and Xeon Phi 7290. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-9800P and Xeon Phi 7290.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes8no data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 72
Threads 4 288
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 245 Watt

FX-9800P has 1533.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Phi 7290, on the other hand, has 1700% more physical cores and 7100% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FX-9800P and Xeon Phi 7290. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FX-9800P is a notebook processor while Xeon Phi 7290 is a server/workstation one.


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