Ryzen 5 4680U vs Xeon E7540
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 4680U outperforms Xeon E7540 by a significant 25% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1243 | 1113 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) |
| Power efficiency | 2.37 | 20.77 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | no data | Renoir-U (Zen 2) (2020−2021) |
| Release date | 1 January 2010 (15 years ago) | 13 April 2021 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Xeon E7540 and Ryzen 5 4680U 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 | 6 (Hexa-Core) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.27 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 21 |
| L1 cache | no data | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | no data | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 18 MB L3 Cache | 8 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | no data | 156 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 64 °C | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 9,800 million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E7540 and Ryzen 5 4680U 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA1567 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 105 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7540 and Ryzen 5 4680U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | 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 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 1.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
Security technologies
Xeon E7540 and Ryzen 5 4680U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7540 and Ryzen 5 4680U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7540 and Ryzen 5 4680U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 64 GB |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 68.27 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1500 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7540 and Ryzen 5 4680U.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 5.90 | 7.37 |
| Recency | 1 January 2010 | 13 April 2021 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 105 Watt | 15 Watt |
Ryzen 5 4680U has a 24.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 600% lower power consumption.
The AMD Ryzen 5 4680U is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon E7540 in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon E7540 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 4680U is a notebook one.
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