Ryzen 7 4980U vs Xeon X5472

Primary details

Comparing Xeon X5472 and Ryzen 7 4980U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2114	639
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.27	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 October 2007 (16 years ago)	13 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price	$97	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon X5472 and Ryzen 7 4980U 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	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	no data	16
Base clock speed	3 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	no data	4.4 GHz
L1 cache	no data	512 KB
L2 cache	no data	4 MB
L3 cache	12 MB L2 Cache	8 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	7 nm
Die size	no data	156 mm2
Maximum core temperature	63 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	no data	9800 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.35V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5472 and Ryzen 7 4980U 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	LGA771	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5472 and Ryzen 7 4980U. 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 X5472 and Ryzen 7 4980U 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 X5472 and Ryzen 7 4980U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X5472 and Ryzen 7 4980U. 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 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

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 7 4980U outperforms Xeon X5472 by 705% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.42	11.43
Recency	1 October 2007	13 April 2021
Chip lithography	45 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	15 Watt

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