Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS vs Xeon Gold 6142F

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6142F and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated530
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiencyno data46.88
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2019)Hawk Point (2024)
Release date11 July 2017 (7 years ago)16 April 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,101no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6142F and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads3212
Base clock speed2.6 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz4.9 GHz
Multiplier26no data
L1 cache1 MB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache16 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache22 MB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data178 mm2
Maximum core temperature87 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data25,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6142F and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS 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
SocketFCLGA3647FP7
Power consumption (TDP)160 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6142F and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6142F and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS 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 Gold 6142F and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS 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 Gold 6142F and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR5
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 760M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6142F and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes4820

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 July 2017 16 April 2024
Physical cores 16 6
Threads 32 12
Chip lithography 14 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 28 Watt

Xeon Gold 6142F has 166.7% more physical cores and 166.7% more threads.

Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 471.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6142F and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 6142F is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS is a notebook one.


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