Ryzen 9 6900HX vs Xeon E7-8893 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-8893 v3 and Ryzen 9 6900HX processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	437
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
Power efficiency	no data	32.79
Architecture codename	Haswell-EX (2015)	Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+) (2022)
Release date	1 June 2015 (9 years ago)	January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-8893 v3 and Ryzen 9 6900HX 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	4 (Quad-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	8	16
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	4.9 GHz
Bus rate	9.6 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	45 MB (shared)	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	6 nm
Die size	160 mm2	208 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	75 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,400 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8893 v3 and Ryzen 9 6900HX 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	8	1
Socket	FCLGA2011	FP7
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8893 v3 and Ryzen 9 6900HX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Xeon E7-8893 v3 and Ryzen 9 6900HX technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7-8893 v3 and Ryzen 9 6900HX 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 E7-8893 v3 and Ryzen 9 6900HX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1333/1600/1866, DDR3-1066/1333/1600	DDR5
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	85 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon 680M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-8893 v3 and Ryzen 9 6900HX.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	32	20

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	4	8
Threads	8	16
Chip lithography	22 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	45 Watt

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