Xeon E-2478 vs Ryzen 7 2800H

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 2800H and Xeon E-2478 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1211	314
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	82.63
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD Ryzen 7	no data
Power efficiency	10.60	22.21
Architecture codename	Raven Ridge (Zen) (2018)	Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date	10 September 2018 (6 years ago)	14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$568

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 2800H and Xeon E-2478 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	8	16
Base clock speed	3.4 GHz	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	5.2 GHz
Bus rate	no data	16 GT/s
Multiplier	33	no data
L1 cache	384 KB	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	257 mm2
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	4950 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 2800H and Xeon E-2478 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	FP5	FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 2800H and Xeon E-2478. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	+
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Security technologies

Ryzen 7 2800H and Xeon E-2478 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 2800H and Xeon E-2478 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 2800H and Xeon E-2478. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size	32 GB	128 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.196 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 11

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 2800H and Xeon E-2478.

PCIe version	3.0	5
PCI Express lanes	12	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	5.06	18.85
Recency	10 September 2018	14 December 2023
Physical cores	4	8
Threads	8	16
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	80 Watt

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