Ryzen 3 3250U vs Xeon E7-8837

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-8837 and Ryzen 3 3250U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	1768
Place by popularity	not in top-100	96
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon E7	AMD Ryzen 3
Power efficiency	no data	15.14
Architecture codename	Westmere (2010−2011)	Picasso (2019−2022)
Release date	5 April 2011 (13 years ago)	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,280	no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-8837 and Ryzen 3 3250U 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	8 (Octa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	8	4
Base clock speed	2.66 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	3.5 GHz
Bus type	QPI	no data
Bus rate	6.4 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	20	26
L1 cache	512 KB	128K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	24 MB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	12 nm
Die size	513 mm2	246 mm2
Maximum core temperature	69 °C	95 °C
Number of transistors	2600 Million	4500 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8837 and Ryzen 3 3250U 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	8 (Multiprocessor)	1
Socket	LGA1567	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8837 and Ryzen 3 3250U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Xeon E7-8837 and Ryzen 3 3250U 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 E7-8837 and Ryzen 3 3250U 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 E7-8837 and Ryzen 3 3250U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-800, DDR3-978, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, Speed-1066	DDR4
Maximum memory size	4 TB	32 GB
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.113 GB/s	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-8837 and Ryzen 3 3250U.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	12

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	5 April 2011	6 January 2020
Physical cores	8	2
Threads	8	4
Chip lithography	32 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	15 Watt

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