Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS vs Xeon Silver 4210
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS outperforms Xeon Silver 4210 by an impressive 61% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Xeon Silver 4210 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 896 | 546 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 19.25 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Xeon Silver | no data |
| Power efficiency | 9.47 | 46.34 |
| Architecture codename | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) | Hawk Point (2024) |
| Release date | 2 April 2019 (5 years ago) | 16 April 2024 (less than a year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $501 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon Silver 4210 and Ryzen 5 PRO 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 cores | 10 (Deca-Core) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 20 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 4.9 GHz |
| Multiplier | 22 | no data |
| L1 cache | 640 KB | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 10 MB | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 13.75 MB | 16 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 4 nm |
| Die size | no data | 178 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 78 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 25,000 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Silver 4210 and Ryzen 5 PRO 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 configuration | 2 (Multiprocessor) | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | FP7 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | 28 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4210 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS. 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 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| 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 | + | - |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon Silver 4210 and Ryzen 5 PRO 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 Silver 4210 and Ryzen 5 PRO 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 Silver 4210 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | DDR5 |
| Maximum memory size | 1 TB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 6 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 115.212 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon 760M |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4210 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | 20 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 8.51 | 13.71 |
| Recency | 2 April 2019 | 16 April 2024 |
| Physical cores | 10 | 6 |
| Threads | 20 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | 28 Watt |
Xeon Silver 4210 has 66.7% more physical cores and 66.7% more threads.
Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS, on the other hand, has a 61.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 203.6% lower power consumption.
The Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Silver 4210 in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon Silver 4210 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Silver 4210 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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