Xeon Bronze 3508U vs Ryzen 9 6980HS

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 6980HS and Xeon Bronze 3508U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Architecture codename	Rembrandt-HS (Zen 3+) (2022)	no data
Release date	January 2022 (2 years ago)	1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 6980HS and Xeon Bronze 3508U 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	16	8
Base clock speed	3.3 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	5 GHz	2.2 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	512K (per core)	no data
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	22.5 MB
Chip lithography	6 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	208 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	83 °C
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 6980HS and Xeon Bronze 3508U 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	no data
Socket	FP7	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 6980HS and Xeon Bronze 3508U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	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® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
TSX	-	+
Precision Boost 2	+	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Ryzen 9 6980HS and Xeon Bronze 3508U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 6980HS and Xeon Bronze 3508U 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 9 6980HS and Xeon Bronze 3508U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR5	DDR5 @ 4400 MT/s (1 DPC &2DPC)
Maximum memory size	no data	4 TB
Max memory channels	no data	8
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon 680M

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 6980HS and Xeon Bronze 3508U.

PCIe version	4.0	4
PCI Express lanes	20	80

Pros & cons summary

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Threads	16	8
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	125 Watt

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