Xeon E5440 vs Ryzen 5 3500U

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 3500U
2019
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.36
+191%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Xeon E5440 by a whopping 191% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E5440 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking13592154
Place by popularity32not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Power efficiency27.511.77
Architecture codenamePicasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)no data
Release date6 January 2019 (5 years ago)1 January 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E5440 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)no data
Threads8no data
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.83 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHzno data
Bus typePCIe 3.0no data
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache128K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)no data
L3 cache4 MB (shared)12 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography12 nm45 nm
Die size209.78 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C67 °C
Number of transistors4940 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-
VID voltage rangeno data0.85V-1.35V

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E5440 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)no data
SocketFP5LGA771
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E5440. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEno data
AES-NI+-
FMA+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switchingno data+
FSB parityno data+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E5440 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 5 3500U and Xeon E5440 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E5440. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4no data
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E5440.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes12no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 5 3500U 4.36
+191%
Xeon E5440 1.50

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 5 3500U 6931
+190%
Xeon E5440 2389

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 5 3500U 862
+137%
Xeon E5440 364

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 5 3500U 2482
+145%
Xeon E5440 1014

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.36 1.50
Recency 6 January 2019 1 January 2008
Chip lithography 12 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 80 Watt

Ryzen 5 3500U has a 190.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 275% more advanced lithography process, and 433.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 3500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5440 in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 3500U is a notebook processor while Xeon E5440 is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E5440, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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