AMD Ryzen 5 7640H vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8158

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 5 7640H CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Platinum 8158
AMD Ryzen 5 7640H Intel Xeon Platinum 8158

CPU comparison

AMD Ryzen 5 7640H or Intel Xeon Platinum 8158 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Ryzen 5 7640H has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.00 GHz. Up to 256 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 7640H was released in Q1/2023.

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8158 has 12 cores with 24 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8158 was released in Q3/2017.
AMD Ryzen 5 (85) Family Intel Xeon Platinum (89)
AMD Ryzen 7040 (21) CPU group Intel Xeon Platinum 8100 (16)
6 Generation 1
Phoenix (Zen 4) Architecture Skylake
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 5 7640H has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 12 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 5 7640H is 4.30 GHz (5.00 GHz) while the Intel Xeon Platinum 8158 has 12 CPU cores and 24 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Platinum 8158 is at 3.00 GHz (3.70 GHz).

AMD Ryzen 5 7640H Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8158
6 Cores 12
12 Threads 24
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
4.30 GHz Frequency 3.00 GHz
5.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.70 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.40 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD Ryzen 5 7640H Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8158
AMD Ryzen AI AI hardware --
AMD dedicated AI XDNA Technology AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The AMD Ryzen 5 7640H or Intel Xeon Platinum 8158 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

AMD Radeon 760M GPU no iGPU
0.80 GHz GPU frequency --
2.60 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
10 GPU Generation --
4 nm Technology
4 Max. displays
8 Compute units --
512 Shader --
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
AMD FSR Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon 760M GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 No
Decode / Encode Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Ryzen 5 7640H can use up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 120.0 GB/s. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8158 supports up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 128.1 GB/s.

AMD Ryzen 5 7640H Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8158
DDR5-5600, LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR5X-7500 Memory DDR4-2666
256 GB Max. Memory 768 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
120.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 128.1 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
6.00 MB L2 Cache --
16.00 MB L3 Cache 25.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 3.0
20 PCIe lanes 48
39.4 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Ryzen 5 7640H is 54 W, while the Intel Xeon Platinum 8158 has a TDP of 150 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD Ryzen 5 7640H Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8158
54 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 150 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
35 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 5 7640H is manufactured in 4 nm and has 22.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8158 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 25.00 MB cache.

AMD Ryzen 5 7640H Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8158
4 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
FP7r2 Socket LGA 3647
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2023 Release date Q3/2017
-- Release price 7000 $
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Ryzen 5 7640H AMD Ryzen 5 7640H
AMD Radeon 760M @ 2.60 GHz
2663 (100%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8158 Intel Xeon Platinum 8158
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 5 7640H AMD Ryzen 5 7640H
6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8158 Intel Xeon Platinum 8158
12C 24T @ 3.70 GHz
162 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 5 7640H AMD Ryzen 5 7640H
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8158 Intel Xeon Platinum 8158
12C 24T @ 3.40 GHz
2265 (100%)

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
AMD Ryzen 5 7640H AMD Ryzen 5 7640H
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
10 (100%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8158 Intel Xeon Platinum 8158
12C 24T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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