Ryzen 7 4700U vs Xeon D-1540

Primary Details

Comparing Xeon D-1540 and Ryzen 7 4700U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	957	802
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	1.89	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon D	AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)	Renoir-U (Zen 2)
Release date	9 March 2015 (9 years ago)	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$581	no data
Current price	$570 (1x MSRP)	$521

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed Specifications

Xeon D-1540 and Ryzen 7 4700U 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	2 GHz	1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.6 GHz	4.2 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	128K (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	1.5 MB (per core)	12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Die size	246.24 mm2	156 mm2
Maximum core temperature	80 °C	105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	80 °C	no data
Number of transistors	3,200 million	9800 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon D-1540 and Ryzen 7 4700U 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	1
Socket	FCBGA1667	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon D-1540 and Ryzen 7 4700U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	DDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
GPIO	+	no data
Status	Launched	no data

Security technologies

Xeon D-1540 and Ryzen 7 4700U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon D-1540 and Ryzen 7 4700U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon D-1540 and Ryzen 7 4700U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4, DDR4
Maximum memory size	128 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.124 GB/s	68.27 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon D-1540 and Ryzen 7 4700U.

PCIe version	2.0/3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	32	no data
USB revision	2.0/3.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	6	no data
Number of USB ports	8	no data
Integrated LAN	+	no data
UART	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 7 4700U outperforms Xeon D-1540 by 33% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & Cons Summary

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Performance score	6.40	8.54
Recency	9 March 2015	6 January 2020
Threads	16	8
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	25 Watt

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