Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 vs Xeon W3503

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon W3503 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2716not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.15no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Strix Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 3/5/7/9)
Power efficiency0.51no data
Architecture codenameBloomfield (2008−2010)Strix Point-HX (Zen 5) (2024)
Release date30 March 2009 (15 years ago)4 June 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$65no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon W3503 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 cores2 (Dual-core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads224
Base clock speed2.4 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz5.1 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)no data
L3 cache4 MB (shared)36 MB
Chip lithography45 nm3 nm
Die size263 mm2no data
Number of transistors731 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range0.8V-1.225Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W3503 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 configuration1no data
Socket1366no data
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W3503 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
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE36 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon W3503 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 W3503 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 are enumerated here.

VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W3503 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size24 GBno data
Max memory channels3no data
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W3503 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170.

PCIe version2.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 March 2009 4 June 2024
Physical cores 2 12
Threads 2 24
Chip lithography 45 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 55 Watt

Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 has an age advantage of 15 years, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, a 1400% more advanced lithography process, and 136.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon W3503 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon W3503 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 is a notebook one.


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