Ryzen 5 8540U vs Xeon E7-8830

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-8830 and Ryzen 5 8540U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon E7no data
Power efficiencyno data39.44
Architecture codenameWestmere (2010−2011)Hawk Point-U (Zen 4 + Zen 4c) (2023)
Release date5 April 2011 (13 years ago)6 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,280no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-8830 and Ryzen 5 8540U 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads1612
Base clock speed2.13 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz4.9 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate6.4 GT/sno data
Multiplier16no data
L1 cache512 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache24 MB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm4 nm
Die size513 mm2137 mm2
Maximum core temperature64 °C100 °C
Number of transistors2600 Million20,900 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8830 and Ryzen 5 8540U 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 configuration8 (Multiprocessor)1
SocketFCLGA1567,LGA1567FP7
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8830 and Ryzen 5 8540U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2AES, 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 Technology1.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Xeon E7-8830 and Ryzen 5 8540U 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 E7-8830 and Ryzen 5 8540U 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 E7-8830 and Ryzen 5 8540U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-800, DDR3-978, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, Speed-1066DDR5
Maximum memory size4 TBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth34.113 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 740M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-8830 and Ryzen 5 8540U.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data14

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 April 2011 6 December 2023
Physical cores 8 6
Threads 16 12
Chip lithography 32 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 28 Watt

Xeon E7-8830 has 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

Ryzen 5 8540U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, a 700% more advanced lithography process, and 275% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E7-8830 and Ryzen 5 8540U. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E7-8830 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 8540U is a notebook one.


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