Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U vs Xeon Platinum 8568Y

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8568Y and Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated688
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiencyno data38.16
Architecture codenameno dataHawk Point (2024)
Release date1 October 2023 (1 year ago)16 April 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8568Y and Ryzen 5 PRO 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 cores48 (Octatetraconta-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads9612
Base clock speed2.3 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz4.9 GHz
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data1 MB (per core)
L3 cache300 MB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data137 mm2
Maximum core temperature81 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data20,900 million
64 bit support-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8568Y and Ryzen 5 PRO 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)350 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8568Y and Ryzen 5 PRO 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-512no data
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 Platinum 8568Y and Ryzen 5 PRO 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 Platinum 8568Y and Ryzen 5 PRO 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 Platinum 8568Y and Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5 @ 5600 MT/s (1 DPC)DDR5
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 Platinum 8568Y and Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U.

PCIe version5.04.0
PCI Express lanes8014

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2023 16 April 2024
Physical cores 48 6
Threads 96 12
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 28 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8568Y has 700% more physical cores and 700% more threads.

Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 months, and 1150% lower power consumption.

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