Ryzen 9 7945HX vs Xeon E7-8894 v4

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-8894 v4 and Ryzen 9 7945HX processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	111
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon E7	no data
Power efficiency	no data	59.29
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)	Dragon Range-HX (Zen 4) (2023−2024)
Release date	no data	4 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$8,898	no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-8894 v4 and Ryzen 9 7945HX 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	24 (Tetracosa-Core)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	48	32
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	5.4 GHz
Bus type	QPI	no data
Bus rate	3 × 9.6 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	no data	64K (per core)
L2 cache	6 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	60 MB	64 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	CCD = 5 nm, I/O = 6 nm
Die size	no data	2x 71 mm2
Maximum core temperature	79 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	no data	13,140 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8894 v4 and Ryzen 9 7945HX 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	FCLGA2011	FL1
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8894 v4 and Ryzen 9 7945HX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, 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	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Xeon E7-8894 v4 and Ryzen 9 7945HX 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 E7-8894 v4 and Ryzen 9 7945HX 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 E7-8894 v4 and Ryzen 9 7945HX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600	DDR5
Maximum memory size	3 TB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	85 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon 610M (400 - 2200 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-8894 v4 and Ryzen 9 7945HX.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	32	28

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	24	16
Threads	48	32
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	55 Watt

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