Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 vs Xeon Gold 6542Y

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6542Y and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated442
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Strix Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 3/5/7/9)
Power efficiencyno data52.48
Architecture codenameEmerald Rapids (2023)Strix Point (Zen 5) (2024)
Release date14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)1 October 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,878no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6542Y and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 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 cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads4816 AMD Zen 5 AMD Zen 5c
Base clock speed2.9 GHzno data
Boost clock speed4.1 GHz5.1 GHz
Bus rateno data54 MHz
L1 cache80 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache2 MB (per core)no data
L3 cache60 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm4 nm
Die size2x 763 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)83 °Cno data
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6542Y and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 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 configuration2no data
SocketFCLGA4677FP8
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6542Y and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360. 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-512USB 4, XDNA 2 NPU (50 TOPS), Secure Processor, SMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6542Y and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 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 6542Y and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 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 6542Y and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-5200DDR5
Maximum memory size4 TBno data
Max memory channels8no data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/AAMD Radeon 880M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6542Y and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360.

PCIe version5.0no data
PCI Express lanes80no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 December 2023 1 October 2024
Physical cores 24 8
Threads 48 16 AMD Zen 5 AMD Zen 5c
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 28 Watt

Xeon Gold 6542Y has 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 months, and 792.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6542Y and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 6542Y is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 is a notebook one.


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