Xeon E-2486 vs Ryzen 5 8540U

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 8540U and Xeon E-2486 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking660not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
Power efficiency39.98no data
Architecture codenameHawk Point-U (Zen 4 + Zen 4c) (2023)Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date6 December 2023 (1 year ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$506

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 8540U and Xeon E-2486 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads1212
Base clock speed3.2 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed4.9 GHz5.6 GHz
Bus rateno data16 GT/s
L1 cache64 KB (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography4 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size137 mm2163 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Number of transistors20,900 millionno data
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 8540U and Xeon E-2486 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
SocketFP7FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)28 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 8540U and Xeon E-2486. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsAES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 8540U and Xeon E-2486 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 8540U and Xeon E-2486 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 5 8540U and Xeon E-2486. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR5-4800
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 740M ( - 2800 MHz)N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 8540U and Xeon E-2486.

PCIe version4.05
PCI Express lanes1416

Pros & cons summary


Power consumption (TDP) 28 Watt 95 Watt

Ryzen 5 8540U has 239.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 8540U and Xeon E-2486. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 8540U is a notebook processor while Xeon E-2486 is a server/workstation one.


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