Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U vs Xeon E5-1607 v3

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-1607 v3 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1630not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency2.11no data
Architecture codenameHaswell-EP (2014−2015)Hawk Point (2024)
Release date8 September 2014 (10 years ago)16 April 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-1607 v3 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speed3.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz4.9 GHz
Bus rate0 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache10 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm4 nm
Die size356 mm2178 mm2
Maximum core temperature66 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,600 million25,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range0.65–1.3Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1607 v3 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U 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 configuration11
SocketFCLGA2011-3FP7
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1607 v3 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-1607 v3 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection+-
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-1607 v3 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U 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 Xeon E5-1607 v3 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866DDR5
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth59 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 760M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-1607 v3 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes4020

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 September 2014 16 April 2024
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 4 12
Chip lithography 22 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 28 Watt

Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U has an age advantage of 9 years, 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads, a 450% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

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