Ryzen 5 4680U vs Xeon X3230

Primary details

Comparing Xeon X3230 and Ryzen 5 4680U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2168	853
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.17	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Architecture codename	no data	Renoir-U (Zen 2)
Release date	1 July 2007 (16 years ago)	13 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price	$180	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon X3230 and Ryzen 5 4680U 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	no data	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	no data	12
Base clock speed	2.66 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	no data	4 GHz
L1 cache	no data	384 KB
L2 cache	no data	3 MB
L3 cache	8 MB L2 Cache	8 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	7 nm
Die size	no data	156 mm2
Maximum core temperature	60 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	no data	9800 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X3230 and Ryzen 5 4680U 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.

Socket	LGA775	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X3230 and Ryzen 5 4680U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA
AES-NI	no data	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Xeon X3230 and Ryzen 5 4680U 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 X3230 and Ryzen 5 4680U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X3230 and Ryzen 5 4680U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR4
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	68.27 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

Ryzen 5 4680U outperforms Xeon X3230 by 530% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.33	8.38
Recency	1 July 2007	13 April 2021
Chip lithography	65 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	15 Watt

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