Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Xeon E3-1220L v2

Place in the ranking	2197	301
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Power efficiency	7.90	51.75
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)	Phoenix-HS (Zen 4) (2023)
Release date	14 May 2012 (12 years ago)	January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1220L v2 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	2.3 GHz	4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	5.2 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	4 nm
Die size	no data	178 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Number of transistors	no data	25,000 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1220L v2 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	1	1
Socket	FCLGA1155	FP8
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1220L v2 and Ryzen 9 7940HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX	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	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1220L v2 and Ryzen 9 7940HS technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1220L v2 and Ryzen 9 7940HS 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 Xeon E3-1220L v2 and Ryzen 9 7940HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR5
Maximum memory size	32.23 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon 780M ( - 2800 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1220L v2 and Ryzen 9 7940HS.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	20

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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.

Xeon E3-1220L v2 1.42

Ryzen 9 7940HS 19.14
+1248%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon E3-1220L v2 2248

Ryzen 9 7940HS 30396
+1252%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon E3-1220L v2 498

Ryzen 9 7940HS 2461
+394%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon E3-1220L v2 997

Ryzen 9 7940HS 11569
+1060%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.42	19.14
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	4	16
Chip lithography	22 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	35 Watt

Xeon E3-1220L v2 has 105.9% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 9 7940HS, on the other hand, has a 1247.9% higher aggregate performance score, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 450% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 9 7940HS is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E3-1220L v2 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E3-1220L v2 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 9 7940HS is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E3-1220L v2 and Ryzen 9 7940HS, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.