Intel Xeon Gold 5320 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Xeon Gold 5320 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U
Intel Xeon Gold 5320 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Gold 5320 or AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U - 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 Intel Xeon Gold 5320 has 26 cores with 52 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. Up to 6144 GB of memory is supported in 8 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 5320 was released in Q2/2021.

The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U was released in Q2/2024.
Intel Xeon Gold (163) Family AMD Ryzen 7 PRO (21)
Intel Xeon Gold 5300/6300 (21) CPU group AMD Ryzen 8040 (20)
3 Generation 7
Ice Lake Architecture Hawk Point (Zen 4)
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 5320 has 26 CPU cores and can calculate 52 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 5320 is 2.20 GHz (3.40 GHz) while the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U has 8 CPU cores and 16 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U is at 3.30 GHz (5.10 GHz).

Intel Xeon Gold 5320 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U
26 Cores 8
52 Threads 16
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.20 GHz Frequency 3.30 GHz
3.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 5.10 GHz
2.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Intel Xeon Gold 5320 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U
-- AI hardware AMD Ryzen™ AI
-- AI specifications AMD Ryzen™ AI
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Xeon Gold 5320 or AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U 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.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon 780M
GPU frequency 0.80 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 2.70 GHz
-- GPU Generation 3
Technology 4 nm
Max. displays 4
-- Compute units 12
-- Shader 768
No Hardware Raytracing Yes
No Frame Generation AMD FSR
-- Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

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.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon 780M
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode
No Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 Decode / Encode
No Codec AVC Decode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon Gold 5320 can use up to 6144 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 187.6 GB/s. The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U supports up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 120.0 GB/s.

Intel Xeon Gold 5320 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U
DDR4-2933 Memory DDR5-4800, DDR5-5600, LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR5X-7500
6144 GB Max. Memory 256 GB
8 (Octa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
187.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 120.0 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 8.00 MB
39.00 MB L3 Cache 16.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 4.0
64 PCIe lanes 20
126.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon Gold 5320 is 185 W, while the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U has a TDP of 28 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon Gold 5320 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U
185 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 28 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 15 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 5320 is manufactured in 10 nm and has 39.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U is manufactured in 4 nm and has a 24.00 MB cache.

Intel Xeon Gold 5320 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U
10 nm Technology 4 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
LGA 4189 Socket FP8
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2021 Release date Q2/2024
1555 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Gold 5320 (62%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 0 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Gold 5320 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U (0%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon Gold 5320 Intel Xeon Gold 5320
26C 52T @ 3.40 GHz
1229 (64%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
1917 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Xeon Gold 5320 Intel Xeon Gold 5320
26C 52T @ 3.40 GHz
1476 (60%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
2446 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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.
Intel Xeon Gold 5320 Intel Xeon Gold 5320
26C 52T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
1807 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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.
Intel Xeon Gold 5320 Intel Xeon Gold 5320
26C 52T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
13450 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon Gold 5320 Intel Xeon Gold 5320
26C 52T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
9612 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Xeon Gold 5320 Intel Xeon Gold 5320
26C 52T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
10726 (100%)

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.
Intel Xeon Gold 5320 Intel Xeon Gold 5320
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U
AMD Radeon 780M @ 2.70 GHz
4201 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Xeon Gold 5320 Intel Xeon Gold 5320
26C 52T @ 2.60 GHz
37571 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
Intel Xeon Gold 5320 Intel Xeon Gold 5320
2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U
13,450 CB R23 MC @ 30 W
448 (100%)

AI performance (NPU)

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is given here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher.

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).
Intel Xeon Gold 5320 Intel Xeon Gold 5320
26C 52T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
16 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon Gold 5320 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U
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