Xeon E3-1578L v5 vs Ryzen 7 3700U

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 3700U and Xeon E3-1578L v5 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1322not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7Intel Xeon E3
Power efficiency28.37no data
Architecture codenamePicasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)Skylake-H (2015−2016)
Release date6 January 2019 (5 years ago)31 May 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$449

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 3700U and Xeon E3-1578L v5 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads88
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus typePCIe 3.0DMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier2320
L1 cache128K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography12 nm14 nm
Die size209.78 mm2171 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors4940 Million2,300 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 3700U and Xeon E3-1578L v5 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFP5Intel BGA 1440
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 3700U and Xeon E3-1578L v5. 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++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 7 3700U and Xeon E3-1578L v5 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 3700U and Xeon E3-1578L v5 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 3700U and Xeon E3-1578L v5. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4LPDDR3-1866
Maximum memory size64 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 ( - 1400 MHz)Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 3700U and Xeon E3-1578L v5.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1216

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 4.24 5.24
Recency 6 January 2019 31 May 2016
Chip lithography 12 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 45 Watt

Ryzen 7 3700U has an age advantage of 2 years, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

Xeon E3-1578L v5, on the other hand, has 23.6% faster integrated GPU.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 7 3700U and Xeon E3-1578L v5. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Ryzen 7 3700U is a notebook processor while Xeon E3-1578L v5 is a server/workstation one.


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