Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Xeon E7-4870

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-4870 and Ryzen 9 7940HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon E7no data
Power efficiencyno data51.59
Architecture codenameWestmere-EX (2011)Phoenix-HS (Zen 4) (2023)
Release date3 April 2011 (13 years ago)January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,394no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-4870 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads2016
Base clock speed2.4 GHz4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz5.2 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate6.4 GT/sno data
Multiplier18no data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache30 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm4 nm
Die size513 mm2178 mm2
Maximum core temperature69 °C100 °C
Number of transistors2,600 million25,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-4870 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)1
SocketLGA1567FP8
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-4870 and Ryzen 9 7940HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2Ryzen 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 Technology1.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Xeon E7-4870 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 E7-4870 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 E7-4870 and Ryzen 9 7940HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-800, DDR3-978, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, Speed-1066DDR5
Maximum memory size2 TBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth34.113 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/AAMD Radeon 780M ( - 2800 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-4870 and Ryzen 9 7940HS.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 10 8
Threads 20 16
Chip lithography 32 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 35 Watt

Xeon E7-4870 has 25% more physical cores and 25% more threads.

Ryzen 9 7940HS, on the other hand, has a 700% more advanced lithography process, and 271.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E7-4870 and Ryzen 9 7940HS. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E7-4870 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 9 7940HS is a notebook one.


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