Ryzen 5 8640HS vs Xeon Platinum 8260L

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8260L and Ryzen 5 8640HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated620
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon Platinumno data
Power efficiencyno data41.53
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Hawk Point-HS (Zen 4) (2023−2024)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)6 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$12,599no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8260L and Ryzen 5 8640HS 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads4812
Base clock speed2.4 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz4.9 GHz
Multiplier24no data
L1 cache1.5 MB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache24 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache35.75 MB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data178 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C100 °C
Number of transistorsno data25,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8260L and Ryzen 5 8640HS 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 configuration8 (Multiprocessor)1
SocketFCLGA3647FP8
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8260L and Ryzen 5 8640HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Ryzen AI, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3
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+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8260L and Ryzen 5 8640HS 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 8260L and Ryzen 5 8640HS 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 Platinum 8260L and Ryzen 5 8640HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR5
Maximum memory size4.5 TBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 760M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8260L and Ryzen 5 8640HS.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes4820

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 6 December 2023
Physical cores 24 6
Threads 48 12
Chip lithography 14 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 28 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8260L has 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

Ryzen 5 8640HS, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 489.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Platinum 8260L and Ryzen 5 8640HS. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Platinum 8260L is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 8640HS is a notebook one.


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