Ryzen 5 8640HS vs Xeon E5-4640 v2

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-4640 v2 and Ryzen 5 8640HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated618
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Power efficiencyno data41.52
Architecture codenameno dataHawk Point-HS (Zen 4) (2023−2024)
Release date1 January 2014 (10 years ago)6 December 2023 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-4640 v2 and Ryzen 5 8640HS 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads2012
Base clock speed2.2 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz4.9 GHz
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data1 MB (per core)
L3 cache20 MB Intel® Smart Cache16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data178 mm2
Maximum core temperature75 °C100 °C
Number of transistorsno data25,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-4640 v2 and Ryzen 5 8640HS 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 configuration41
SocketFCLGA2011FP8
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-4640 v2 and Ryzen 5 8640HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXRyzen AI, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-4640 v2 and Ryzen 5 8640HS 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 E5-4640 v2 and Ryzen 5 8640HS 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 E5-4640 v2 and Ryzen 5 8640HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600, DDR3-1866DDR5
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth59.7 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 E5-4640 v2 and Ryzen 5 8640HS.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes4020

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2014 6 December 2023
Physical cores 10 6
Threads 20 12
Chip lithography 22 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 28 Watt

Xeon E5-4640 v2 has 66.7% more physical cores and 66.7% more threads.

Ryzen 5 8640HS, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, a 450% more advanced lithography process, and 239.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-4640 v2 and Ryzen 5 8640HS. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5-4640 v2 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 8640HS is a notebook one.


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