Ryzen 9 4900H vs Xeon E5440

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5440
2008
80 Watt
1.49
Ryzen 9 4900H
2020
8 cores / 16 threads, 54 Watt
12.06
+709%

Ryzen 9 4900H outperforms Xeon E5440 by a whopping 709% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5440 and Ryzen 9 4900H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2143634
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Power efficiency1.7621.14
Architecture codenameno dataRenoir-H (Zen 2) (2020)
Release date1 January 2008 (16 years ago)16 March 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5440 and Ryzen 9 4900H 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 coresno data8 (Octa-Core)
Threadsno data16
Base clock speed2.83 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speedno data4.4 GHz
Multiplierno data33
L1 cacheno data128K (per core)
L2 cacheno data512K (per core)
L3 cache12 MB L2 Cache12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm7 nm
Die sizeno data156 mm2
Maximum core temperature67 °C105 °C
Number of transistorsno data9800 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5440 and Ryzen 9 4900H 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 configurationno data1
SocketLGA771FP6
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt54 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5440 and Ryzen 9 4900H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA, SHA
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching+no data
FSB parity+no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5440 and Ryzen 9 4900H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5440 and Ryzen 9 4900H are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5440 and Ryzen 9 4900H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data68.27 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5440 and Ryzen 9 4900H.

PCIe versionno data3.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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.

Xeon E5440 1.49
Ryzen 9 4900H 12.06
+709%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon E5440 2374
Ryzen 9 4900H 19150
+707%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon E5440 367
Ryzen 9 4900H 1549
+322%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon E5440 1029
Ryzen 9 4900H 6736
+555%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.49 12.06
Recency 1 January 2008 16 March 2020
Chip lithography 45 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 54 Watt

Ryzen 9 4900H has a 709.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 48.1% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 9 4900H is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5440 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E5440 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 9 4900H is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5440 and Ryzen 9 4900H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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