Xeon Platinum 8592V vs Athlon X4 940

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon X4 940 and Xeon Platinum 8592V processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Architecture codenameBristol Ridge (2016−2019)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date27 July 2017 (7 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$10,995

Detailed specifications

Athlon X4 940 and Xeon Platinum 8592V 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)64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads4128
Base clock speed3.2 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3.9 GHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB320 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size246 mm22x 763 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °C78 °C
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X4 940 and Xeon Platinum 8592V 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 configuration12
SocketAM4FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt330 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X4 940 and Xeon Platinum 8592V. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Athlon X4 940 and Xeon Platinum 8592V technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X4 940 and Xeon Platinum 8592V are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X4 940 and Xeon Platinum 8592V. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR5 @ 4800 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X4 940 and Xeon Platinum 8592V.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 July 2017 14 December 2023
Physical cores 4 64
Threads 4 128
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 330 Watt

Athlon X4 940 has 407.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8592V, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, and 1500% more physical cores and 3100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Athlon X4 940 and Xeon Platinum 8592V. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon X4 940 is a desktop processor while Xeon Platinum 8592V is a server/workstation one.


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