Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 vs Xeon 6979P

Primary details

Comparing Xeon 6979P and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	521
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Strix Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 3/5/7/9)
Power efficiency	no data	47.69
Architecture codename	Granite Rapids (2024)	Strix Point (Zen 5) (2024)
Release date	24 September 2024 (less than a year ago)	1 October 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon 6979P and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 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	120	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	240	16 AMD Zen 5 AMD Zen 5c
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	5.1 GHz
Bus rate	no data	54 MHz
L1 cache	112 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	2 MB (per core)	no data
L3 cache	504 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	5 nm	4 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	80 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon 6979P and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 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	2	no data
Socket	7529	FP8
Power consumption (TDP)	500 Watt	28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon 6979P and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	USB 4, XDNA 2 NPU (50 TOPS), Secure Processor, SMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
TSX	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon 6979P and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon 6979P and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon 6979P and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR5

DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

AMD Radeon 880M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon 6979P and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360.

PCIe version	5.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	96	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	120	8
Threads	240	16 AMD Zen 5 AMD Zen 5c
Chip lithography	5 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	500 Watt	28 Watt

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