Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U vs Xeon Gold 5403N

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5403N and Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated694
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiencyno data38.46
Architecture codenameno dataHawk Point (2024)
Release date1 October 2023 (1 year ago)16 April 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5403N and Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads2412
Base clock speed2 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz4.9 GHz
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data1 MB (per core)
L3 cache22.5 MB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data137 mm2
Maximum core temperature85 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data20,900 million
64 bit support-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5403N and Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U 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 configurationno data1
SocketFCLGA4677FP7
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5403N and Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512, Intel® AVXno data
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Precision Boost 2no data+
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5403N and Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
SGXYes with Intel® SPSno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5403N and Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U 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 Gold 5403N and Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4000DDR5
Maximum memory size4 TBno data
Max memory channels8no data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 740M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5403N and Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U.

PCIe version44.0
PCI Express lanes4814

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2023 16 April 2024
Physical cores 12 6
Threads 24 12
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 28 Watt

Xeon Gold 5403N has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 months, and 310.7% lower power consumption.

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