Xeon Gold 6542Y vs Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS and Xeon Gold 6542Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking393not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesAMD Phoenix (Zen 4, Ryzen 7040)no data
Power efficiency45.48no data
Architecture codenamePhoenix-HS (Zen 4) (2023)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date13 June 2023 (1 year ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,878

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS and Xeon Gold 6542Y 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads1648
Base clock speed3.8 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed5.1 GHz4.1 GHz
L1 cache512 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache8 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB60 MB (shared)
Chip lithography4 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size178 mm22x 763 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data83 °C
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS and Xeon Gold 6542Y 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 configurationno data2
SocketFP7/FP8FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt250 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS and Xeon Gold 6542Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS and Xeon Gold 6542Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS and Xeon Gold 6542Y are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS and Xeon Gold 6542Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-5200
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 780M ( - 2700 MHz)N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS and Xeon Gold 6542Y.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 June 2023 14 December 2023
Physical cores 8 24
Threads 16 48
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 250 Watt

Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS has 614.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6542Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 months, and 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS and Xeon Gold 6542Y. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6542Y is a server/workstation one.


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