Xeon w7-3555 vs Ryzen 9 8945H
Aggregate performance score
Xeon w7-3555 outperforms Ryzen 9 8945H by a whopping 124% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 443 | 97 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 17.48 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | AMD Hawk Point (Zen 4/4c, Ryzen 8040) | no data |
| Power efficiency | 16.19 | 5.03 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Hawk Point-HS (Zen 4) (2023−2024) | Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024) |
| Release date | 6 December 2023 (2 years ago) | 24 August 2024 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $2,339 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 9 8945H and Xeon w7-3555 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) | 28 (Octacosa-Core) |
| Performance-cores | no data | 28 |
| Threads | 16 | 56 |
| Base clock speed | 4 GHz | 2.7 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 5.2 GHz | 4.8 GHz |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | 80 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | 75 MB |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Die size | 178 mm2 | 4x 477 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 78 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 9 8945H and Xeon w7-3555 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 | FP7/FP7r2/FP8 | FCLGA4677 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 325 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 8945H and Xeon w7-3555. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Ryzen AI, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| 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 | + |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Ryzen 9 8945H and Xeon w7-3555 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
| SGX | no data | - |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 8945H and Xeon w7-3555 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 9 8945H and Xeon w7-3555. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5 | DDR5-4800 |
| 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 780M ( - 2800 MHz) | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 8945H and Xeon w7-3555.
| PCIe version | no data | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 112 |
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 | 17.25 | 38.68 |
| Recency | 6 December 2023 | 24 August 2024 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 28 |
| Threads | 16 | 56 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 325 Watt |
Ryzen 9 8945H has 622.2% lower power consumption.
Xeon w7-3555, on the other hand, has a 124.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 months, and 250% more physical cores and 250% more threads.
The Intel Xeon w7-3555 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Ryzen 9 8945H in performance tests.
Be aware that Ryzen 9 8945H is a notebook processor while Xeon w7-3555 is a server/workstation one.
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