Xeon Platinum 8270 vs Ryzen 7 7840H
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Platinum 8270 outperforms Ryzen 7 7840H by a significant 21% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 473 | 356 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 1.10 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | no data | Intel Xeon Platinum |
| Power efficiency | 19.19 | 3.95 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | TSMC | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Phoenix (2023−2024) | Cascade Lake-SP (2018) |
| Release date | January 2023 (2 years ago) | 11 December 2018 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $7,405 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 7 7840H and Xeon Platinum 8270 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 | 8 (Octa-Core) | 26 (Hexacosa-Core) |
| Threads | 16 | 52 |
| Base clock speed | 3.8 GHz | 2.7 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 5.1 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 27 |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 16 MB (shared) | 35.75 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 178 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 84 °C |
| Number of transistors | 25,000 million | 8,000 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 7 7840H and Xeon Platinum 8270 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 | 8 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | FP8 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 205 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 7840H and Xeon Platinum 8270. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| 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 | - | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Ryzen 7 7840H and Xeon Platinum 8270 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 7 7840H and Xeon Platinum 8270 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 Ryzen 7 7840H and Xeon Platinum 8270. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5-5600 | DDR4-2933 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 1 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 140.8 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon 780M | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 7840H and Xeon Platinum 8270.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 20 | 48 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 15.78 | 19.02 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 26 |
| Threads | 16 | 52 |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 205 Watt |
Ryzen 7 7840H has a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 485.7% lower power consumption.
Xeon Platinum 8270, on the other hand, has a 20.5% higher aggregate performance score, and 225% more physical cores and 225% more threads.
The Intel Xeon Platinum 8270 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Ryzen 7 7840H in performance tests.
Be aware that Ryzen 7 7840H is a notebook processor while Xeon Platinum 8270 is a server/workstation one.
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