Xeon Gold 6544Y vs Ryzen 9 7940HS

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 7940HS and Xeon Gold 6544Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking308not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
Power efficiency51.59no data
Architecture codenamePhoenix-HS (Zen 4) (2023)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release dateJanuary 2023 (1 year ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$3,622

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 7940HS and Xeon Gold 6544Y 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)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads1632
Base clock speed4 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed5.2 GHz4.1 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)45 MB (shared)
Chip lithography4 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size178 mm22x 763 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data75 °C
Number of transistors25,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 7940HS and Xeon Gold 6544Y 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 configuration12
SocketFP8FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 7940HS and Xeon Gold 6544Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsRyzen AI, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 9 7940HS and Xeon Gold 6544Y 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 9 7940HS and Xeon Gold 6544Y 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 9 7940HS and Xeon Gold 6544Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR5-5200
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 ( - 2800 MHz)N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 7940HS and Xeon Gold 6544Y.

PCIe version4.05.0
PCI Express lanes2080

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 8 16
Threads 16 32
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 270 Watt

Ryzen 9 7940HS has 671.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6544Y, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 9 7940HS and Xeon Gold 6544Y. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Ryzen 9 7940HS is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6544Y is a server/workstation one.


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