Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Xeon 5080

Primary details

Comparing Xeon 5080 and Ryzen 9 7940HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	296
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Power efficiency	no data	51.69
Architecture codename	Dempsey (2006)	Phoenix-HS (Zen 4) (2023)
Release date	23 May 2006 (18 years ago)	January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$851	no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon 5080 and Ryzen 9 7940HS 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	2 (Dual-core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	4	16
Base clock speed	3.73 GHz	4 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.07 GHz	5.2 GHz
L1 cache	16 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	65 nm	4 nm
Die size	2x 81 mm2	178 mm2
Maximum core temperature	78 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	376 million	25,000 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
VID voltage range	1.075V-1.35V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon 5080 and Ryzen 9 7940HS 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	2	1
Socket	PLGA771	FP8
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon 5080 and Ryzen 9 7940HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Ryzen 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, SME
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	+	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Xeon 5080 and Ryzen 9 7940HS technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon 5080 and Ryzen 9 7940HS are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon 5080 and Ryzen 9 7940HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2

DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

AMD Radeon 780M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon 5080 and Ryzen 9 7940HS.

PCIe version	no data	4.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	20

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	2	8
Threads	4	16
Chip lithography	65 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	35 Watt

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