Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Xeon Silver 4310

Place in the ranking	525	301
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Power efficiency	10.99	51.73
Architecture codename	Ice Lake-SP (2021)	Phoenix-HS (Zen 4) (2023)
Release date	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)	January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4310 and Ryzen 9 7940HS 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	12 (Dodeca-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	24	16
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	5.2 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	18 MB (shared)	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	10 nm	4 nm
Die size	no data	178 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	82 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	25,000 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4310 and Ryzen 9 7940HS 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	2	1
Socket	FCLGA4189	FP8
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4310 and Ryzen 9 7940HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Ryzen AI, 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
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Precision Boost 2	no data	+
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4310 and Ryzen 9 7940HS technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
SGX	Yes with Intel® SPS	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4310 and Ryzen 9 7940HS 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 Silver 4310 and Ryzen 9 7940HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR5
Maximum memory size	6 TB	no data
Max memory channels	8	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon 780M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4310 and Ryzen 9 7940HS.

PCIe version	4.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	64	20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon Silver 4310 13.94

Ryzen 9 7940HS 19.13
+37.2%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon Silver 4310 22146

Ryzen 9 7940HS 30391
+37.2%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon Silver 4310 1236

Ryzen 9 7940HS 2460
+99%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon Silver 4310 7779

Ryzen 9 7940HS 11564
+48.7%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	13.94	19.13
Physical cores	12	8
Threads	24	16
Chip lithography	10 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	35 Watt

Xeon Silver 4310 has 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

Ryzen 9 7940HS, on the other hand, has a 37.2% higher aggregate performance score, a 150% more advanced lithography process, and 242.9% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 9 7940HS is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Silver 4310 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon Silver 4310 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 9 7940HS is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Silver 4310 and Ryzen 9 7940HS, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.