Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS vs Xeon Gold 5318N

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5318N and Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	350
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Phoenix (Zen 4, Ryzen 7040)
Power efficiency	no data	48.00
Architecture codename	Ice Lake-SP (2021)	Phoenix-HS (Zen 4) (2023)
Release date	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)	13 June 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5318N and Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	48	16
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	5.2 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	512 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	8 MB
L3 cache	36 MB (shared)	16 MB
Chip lithography	10 nm	4 nm
Die size	no data	178 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	83 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5318N and Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS 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	2	no data
Socket	FCLGA4189	FP7/FP8
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5318N and Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5318N and Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
SGX	Yes with Intel® SPS	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5318N and Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5318N and Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	no data
Maximum memory size	6 TB	no data
Max memory channels	8	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon 780M ( - 2800 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5318N and Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS.

PCIe version	4.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	64	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 April 2021	13 June 2023
Physical cores	24	8
Threads	48	16
Chip lithography	10 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	35 Watt

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