Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 vs Xeon E5649

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5649 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1505	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.56	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Strix Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 3/5/7/9)
Power efficiency	4.24	no data
Architecture codename	Westmere-EP (2010−2011)	Strix Point-HX (Zen 5) (2024)
Release date	14 February 2011 (13 years ago)	4 June 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$45	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5649 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	12	24
Base clock speed	2.53 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.93 GHz	5.1 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	no data
L3 cache	12288 KB (shared)	36 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	3 nm
Die size	239 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	76 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,170 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5649 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 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	no data
Socket	FCLGA1366	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5649 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	XDNA 2 NPU
AES-NI	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	40 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5649 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 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 E5649 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5649 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
Maximum memory size	288 GB	no data
Max memory channels	3	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	32 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5649 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170.

PCIe version

2.0

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	14 February 2011	4 June 2024
Physical cores	6	12
Threads	12	24
Chip lithography	32 nm	3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	55 Watt

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