Ryzen 3 8440U vs Xeon Gold 6161

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6161 and Ryzen 3 8440U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated928
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiencyno data27.24
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2019)Hawk Point-U (Zen 4 + Zen 4c) (2023)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)6 December 2023 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6161 and Ryzen 3 8440U 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 cores22 (Docosa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads448
Base clock speedno data3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz4.7 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier22no data
L1 cache1.375 MB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache22 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache30.25 MB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data137 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistorsno data20,900 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6161 and Ryzen 3 8440U 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
SocketSocket PFP7
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6161 and Ryzen 3 8440U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataAES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
TSX+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6161 and Ryzen 3 8440U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6161 and Ryzen 3 8440U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR5
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 740M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6161 and Ryzen 3 8440U.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data14

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 22 4
Threads 44 8
Chip lithography 14 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 28 Watt

Xeon Gold 6161 has 450% more physical cores and 450% more threads.

Ryzen 3 8440U, on the other hand, has a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 489.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6161 and Ryzen 3 8440U. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 6161 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 3 8440U is a notebook one.


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