Ryzen 5 5600HS vs Xeon W3540

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon W3540 and Ryzen 5 5600HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1952not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.21no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency1.43no data
Architecture codenameBloomfield (2008−2010)Cezanne-HS (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date30 March 2009 (15 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon W3540 and Ryzen 5 5600HS 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads812
Base clock speed2.93 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz4.2 GHz
Multiplierno data30
L1 cache64 KB (per core)384 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)3 MB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm7 nm
Die size263 mm2180 mm2
Maximum core temperature68 °C105 °C
Number of transistors731 million10,700 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W3540 and Ryzen 5 5600HS 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 configuration11
SocketFCLGA1366FP6
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W3540 and Ryzen 5 5600HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology1.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE36 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon W3540 and Ryzen 5 5600HS 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 W3540 and Ryzen 5 5600HS are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W3540 and Ryzen 5 5600HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
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/AAMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1800 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W3540 and Ryzen 5 5600HS.

PCIe version2.03.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 March 2009 12 January 2021
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 8 12
Chip lithography 45 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 35 Watt

Ryzen 5 5600HS has an age advantage of 11 years, 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 271.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon W3540 and Ryzen 5 5600HS. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon W3540 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 5600HS is a notebook one.


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