Ryzen 5 5600HS vs Xeon E7420

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7420 and Ryzen 5 5600HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Architecture codename	no data	Cezanne-HS (Zen 3)
Release date	1 July 2008 (16 years ago)	7 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price	$105	no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7420 and Ryzen 5 5600HS 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	no data	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	no data	12
Base clock speed	2.13 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	no data	4.2 GHz
L1 cache	no data	384 KB
L2 cache	no data	3 MB
L3 cache	8 MB L2 Cache	16 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	7 nm
Maximum core temperature	68 °C	105 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	0.9V-1.45V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7420 and Ryzen 5 5600HS 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.

Socket	PGA604	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	90 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7420 and Ryzen 5 5600HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	DDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, 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	no data	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
FSB parity	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E7420 and Ryzen 5 5600HS 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 E7420 and Ryzen 5 5600HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7420 and Ryzen 5 5600HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

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DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

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AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 July 2008	7 January 2021
Chip lithography	45 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	90 Watt	35 Watt

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