Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 vs Xeon L5640

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon L5640 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1651not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.53no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Strix Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 3/5/7/9)
Power efficiency4.61no data
Architecture codenameWestmere-EP (2010−2011)Strix Point-HX (Zen 5) (2024)
Release date16 March 2010 (14 years ago)4 June 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$200no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon L5640 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads1224
Base clock speed2.26 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz5.1 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)no data
L3 cache12 MB (shared)36 MB
Chip lithography32 nm3 nm
Die size239 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature69 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,170 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon L5640 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 configuration2no data
SocketFCLGA1366,LGA1366no data
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L5640 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2XDNA 2 NPU
AES-NI+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology1.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE40 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon L5640 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 L5640 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 L5640 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size288 GBno data
Max memory channels3no data
Maximum memory bandwidth32 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon L5640 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170.

PCIe version2.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 March 2010 4 June 2024
Physical cores 6 12
Threads 12 24
Chip lithography 32 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 55 Watt

Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 has an age advantage of 14 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 966.7% more advanced lithography process, and 9.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon L5640 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon L5640 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 is a notebook one.


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