Xeon Silver 4208 vs Ryzen 5 7530U
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 7530U outperforms Xeon Silver 4208 by a considerable 43% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 5 7530U and Xeon Silver 4208 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 696 | 920 |
| Place by popularity | 78 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 25.13 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | no data | Intel Xeon Silver |
| Architecture codename | Barcelo-U Refresh | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 4 January 2023 (1 year ago) | 2 April 2019 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $417 |
| Current price | no data | $254 (0.6x MSRP) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 7530U and Xeon Silver 4208 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 | 6 (Hexa-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 12 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.5 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 512 KB |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 8 MB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB (shared) | 11 MB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 180 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | 78 °C |
| Number of transistors | 10,700 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 7530U and Xeon Silver 4208 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 | 1 | 2 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | FP6 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 85 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 7530U and Xeon Silver 4208. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | DDR4-3200/LPDDR4x-4266 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 3, MMX, 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 | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | no data |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| Status | no data | Launched |
Security technologies
Ryzen 5 7530U and Xeon Silver 4208 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 Ryzen 5 7530U and Xeon Silver 4208 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | no data |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 7530U and Xeon Silver 4208. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR4-2400 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 1 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 115.212 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | no data | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 7530U and Xeon Silver 4208.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | 48 |
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.
Ryzen 5 7530U outperforms Xeon Silver 4208 by 43% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Ryzen 5 7530U outperforms Xeon Silver 4208 by 43% in Passmark.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
Ryzen 5 7530U outperforms Xeon Silver 4208 by 73% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
Ryzen 5 7530U outperforms Xeon Silver 4208 by 17% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 10.45 | 7.31 |
| Recency | 4 January 2023 | 2 April 2019 |
| Physical cores | 6 | 8 |
| Threads | 12 | 16 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 85 Watt |
The Ryzen 5 7530U is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Silver 4208 in performance tests.
Be aware that Ryzen 5 7530U is a notebook processor while Xeon Silver 4208 is a server/workstation one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 7530U and Xeon Silver 4208, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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