Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 vs Xeon E5-1620 v2

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1382not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.10no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Strix Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 3/5/7/9)
Power efficiency3.00no data
Architecture codenameIvy Bridge-E (2013)Strix Point-HX (Zen 5) (2024)
Release date1 September 2013 (11 years ago)4 June 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$315no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads824
Base clock speed3.7 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz5.1 GHz
Bus rate0 GT/sno data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)no data
L3 cache10 MB (shared)36 MB
Chip lithography22 nm3 nm
Die size160 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature70 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCLGA2011no data
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXXDNA 2 NPU
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 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 E5-1620 v2 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 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 Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size256 GBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth59.7 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes40no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2013 4 June 2024
Physical cores 4 12
Threads 8 24
Chip lithography 22 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 55 Watt

Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 has an age advantage of 10 years, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, a 633.3% more advanced lithography process, and 136.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5-1620 v2 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 is a notebook one.


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