Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 vs Xeon E7-4850 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-4850 v3 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Strix Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 3/5/7/9)
Architecture codename	Haswell-EX (2015)	Strix Point-HX (Zen 5) (2024)
Release date	1 June 2015 (9 years ago)	4 June 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-4850 v3 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 cores	14 (Tetradeca-Core)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	28	24
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	5.1 GHz
Bus rate	8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256K (per core)	no data
L3 cache	35 MB (shared)	36 MB
Chip lithography	22 nm	3 nm
Die size	160 mm2	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	70 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,400 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-4850 v3 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 configuration	4	no data
Socket	FCLGA2011	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-4850 v3 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	XDNA 2 NPU
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
PAE	46 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E7-4850 v3 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 E7-4850 v3 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 E7-4850 v3 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1333/1600/1866, DDR3-1066/1333/1600	no data
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	85 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-4850 v3 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	32	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 June 2015	4 June 2024
Physical cores	14	12
Threads	28	24
Chip lithography	22 nm	3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	55 Watt

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