Ryzen 5 6600H vs Xeon E7-8837

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-8837 and Ryzen 5 6600H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated653
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon E7AMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
Power efficiencyno data24.75
Architecture codenameWestmere (2010−2011)Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+) (2022)
Release date5 April 2011 (13 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,280no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-8837 and Ryzen 5 6600H 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)
Threads812
Base clock speed2.66 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz4.5 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate6.4 GT/sno data
Multiplier20no data
L1 cache512 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache24 MB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm6 nm
Die size513 mm2208 mm2
Maximum core temperature69 °C95 °C
Number of transistors2600 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8837 and Ryzen 5 6600H 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
SocketLGA1567FP7
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8837 and Ryzen 5 6600H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon E7-8837 and Ryzen 5 6600H 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 5 6600H 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 5 6600H. 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 660M ( - 1900 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-8837 and Ryzen 5 6600H.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 8 6
Threads 8 12
Chip lithography 32 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 45 Watt

Xeon E7-8837 has 33.3% more physical cores.

Ryzen 5 6600H, on the other hand, has 50% more threads, a 433.3% more advanced lithography process, and 188.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E7-8837 and Ryzen 5 6600H. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E7-8837 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 6600H is a notebook one.


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