Ryzen 5 8540U vs Xeon Gold 5415

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5415 and Ryzen 5 8540U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated660
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Power efficiencyno data39.37
Architecture codenameno dataHawk Point-U (Zen 4 + Zen 4c) (2023)
Release date1 January 2023 (1 year ago)6 December 2023 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5415 and Ryzen 5 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads1612
Base clock speed2.9 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.1 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 temperature78 °C100 °C
Number of transistorsno data20,900 million
64 bit support-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5415 and Ryzen 5 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)150 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5415 and Ryzen 5 8540U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3
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 5415 and Ryzen 5 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 5415 and Ryzen 5 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 5415 and Ryzen 5 8540U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4400DDR5
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 5415 and Ryzen 5 8540U.

PCIe version54.0
PCI Express lanes8014

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2023 6 December 2023
Physical cores 8 6
Threads 16 12
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 28 Watt

Xeon Gold 5415 has 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

Ryzen 5 8540U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months, and 435.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 5415 and Ryzen 5 8540U. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 5415 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 8540U is a notebook one.


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