Ryzen 7 4980U vs Xeon Gold 6348

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6348 and Ryzen 7 4980U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	98	617
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	28.09	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Architecture codename	Ice Lake-SP (2021)	Renoir-U (Zen 2)
Release date	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)	13 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price	$2292	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6348 and Ryzen 7 4980U 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	28 (Octacosa-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	56	16
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	4.4 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	512 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	4 MB
L3 cache	42 MB (shared)	8 MB
Chip lithography	10 nm	7 nm
Die size	no data	156 mm2
Maximum core temperature	80 °C	105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	80 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	9800 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6348 and Ryzen 7 4980U 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	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	235 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6348 and Ryzen 7 4980U. 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	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
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	no data	+
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	+	no data
Status	Launched	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6348 and Ryzen 7 4980U 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 6348 and Ryzen 7 4980U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
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 6348 and Ryzen 7 4980U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR4
Maximum memory size	6 TB	64 GB
Max memory channels	8	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	68.27 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6348 and Ryzen 7 4980U.

PCIe version	4.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	64	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon Gold 6348 outperforms Ryzen 7 4980U by 195% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	33.80	11.45
Physical cores	28	8
Threads	56	16
Chip lithography	10 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	235 Watt	15 Watt

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