Xeon W-2255 vs Ryzen 7 8745HS
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 7 8745HS outperforms Xeon W-2255 by a significant 29% 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 | 457 | 661 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Power efficiency | no data | 8.29 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Hawk Point-HS (Zen 4) (2023−2024) | no data |
| Release date | no data | 1 October 2019 (6 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 7 8745HS and Xeon W-2255 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) | 10 (Deca-Core) |
| Threads | 16 | 20 |
| Base clock speed | 3.8 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.9 GHz | 4.7 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 8 GT/s |
| L3 cache | no data | 19.25 MB |
| Chip lithography | no data | 14 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 62 °C |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 7 8745HS and Xeon W-2255 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | no data | FCLGA2066 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 8 MB + 16 MB | 165 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 8745HS and Xeon W-2255. 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 | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | + |
| PAE | no data | 46 Bit |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | + |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Ryzen 7 8745HS and Xeon W-2255 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
| MPX | - | + |
| Identity Protection | - | + |
| SGX | no data | - |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 8745HS and Xeon W-2255 are enumerated here.
| 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 8745HS and Xeon W-2255. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4-2933 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 1 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 4 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 93.85 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 8745HS and Xeon W-2255.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 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 | 16.50 | 12.76 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 10 |
| Threads | 16 | 20 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 8 Watt | 165 Watt |
Ryzen 7 8745HS has a 29.3% higher aggregate performance score, and 1962.5% lower power consumption.
Xeon W-2255, on the other hand, has 25% more physical cores and 25% more threads.
The AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon W-2255 in performance tests.
Be aware that Ryzen 7 8745HS is a notebook processor while Xeon W-2255 is a server/workstation one.
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