Ryzen 9 7840HX vs Xeon Platinum 8163

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8163 and Ryzen 9 7840HX processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Platinum	AMD Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7045)
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Dragon Range-HX (Zen 4) (2023−2024)
Release date	no data	17 January 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8163 and Ryzen 9 7840HX 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	24 (Tetracosa-Core)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	48	24
Base clock speed	no data	2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.5 GHz	5.1 GHz
Multiplier	25	no data
L1 cache	1.5 MB	768 KB
L2 cache	24 MB	12 MB
L3 cache	33 MB	64 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Number of transistors	no data	9900 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8163 and Ryzen 9 7840HX 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 (Multiprocessor)	no data
Socket	Socket P	FL1
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8163 and Ryzen 9 7840HX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	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	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
TSX	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8163 and Ryzen 9 7840HX technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8163 and Ryzen 9 7840HX are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8163 and Ryzen 9 7840HX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR5
Maximum memory size	768 GB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8163 and Ryzen 9 7840HX.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	24	12
Threads	48	24
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm

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