Ryzen 9 7840HX vs Xeon Platinum 8174

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8174 and Ryzen 9 7840HX processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7045)
Architecture codenameno dataDragon Range-HX (Zen 4) (2023−2024)
Release date1 July 2017 (7 years ago)17 January 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8174 and Ryzen 9 7840HX 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads4824
Base clock speed3.1 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz5.1 GHz
L1 cacheno data768 KB
L2 cacheno data12 MB
L3 cache33 MB64 MB
Chip lithography14 nm5 nm
Maximum core temperature65 °C100 °C
Number of transistorsno data9900 Million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8174 and Ryzen 9 7840HX 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.

Socketno dataFL1
Power consumption (TDP)240 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8174 and Ryzen 9 7840HX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX-512MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX-+
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8174 and Ryzen 9 7840HX technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8174 and Ryzen 9 7840HX 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 Platinum 8174 and Ryzen 9 7840HX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR5
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels6no data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8174 and Ryzen 9 7840HX.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes48no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 July 2017 17 January 2024
Physical cores 24 12
Threads 48 24
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 240 Watt 55 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8174 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Ryzen 9 7840HX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 180% more advanced lithography process, and 336.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Platinum 8174 and Ryzen 9 7840HX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Platinum 8174 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 9 7840HX is a notebook one.


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