Intel Xeon Silver 4310 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX

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Intel Xeon Silver 4310 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
Intel Xeon Silver 4310 AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Silver 4310 or AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX - 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 Silver 4310 has 12 cores with 24 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.30 GHz. Up to 6144 GB of memory is supported in 8 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Silver 4310 was released in Q2/2021.

The AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX was released in Q1/2023.
Intel Xeon Silver (32) Family AMD Ryzen 9 (40)
Intel Xeon Silver 4300 (5) CPU group AMD Ryzen 7045 (6)
3 Generation 6
Ice Lake Architecture Dragon Range (Zen 4)
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Silver 4310 has 12 CPU cores and can calculate 24 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Silver 4310 is 2.10 GHz (3.30 GHz) while the AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX has 16 CPU cores and 32 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX is at 2.50 GHz (5.40 GHz).

Intel Xeon Silver 4310 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
12 Cores 16
24 Threads 32
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? Yes
2.10 GHz Frequency 2.50 GHz
3.30 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 5.40 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 Silver 4310 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Xeon Silver 4310 or AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX 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 610M
GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 2.20 GHz
-- GPU Generation 9
Technology 6 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 2
-- Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing Yes
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 8 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 610M
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 / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 Decode
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon Silver 4310 can use up to 6144 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 170.8 GB/s. The AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 83.2 GB/s.

Intel Xeon Silver 4310 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
DDR4-2666 Memory DDR5-5200
6144 GB Max. Memory 128 GB
8 (Octa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
170.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 83.2 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 16.00 MB
18.00 MB L3 Cache 64.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 5.0
64 PCIe lanes 28
126.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 110.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon Silver 4310 is 120 W, while the AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX has a TDP of 55 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon Silver 4310 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
120 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 55 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 75 W
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Silver 4310 is manufactured in 10 nm and has 18.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX is manufactured in 5 nm and has a 80.00 MB cache.

Intel Xeon Silver 4310 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
10 nm Technology 5 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
LGA 4189 Socket FL1
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 Q1/2023
536 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Silver 4310 (55%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Silver 4310 (50%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX (100%)

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 Silver 4310 Intel Xeon Silver 4310
12C 24T @ 3.30 GHz
1182 (55%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
16C 32T @ 5.40 GHz
2130 (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 Silver 4310 Intel Xeon Silver 4310
12C 24T @ 2.10 GHz
11658 (60%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
16C 32T @ 2.50 GHz
19472 (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 Silver 4310 Intel Xeon Silver 4310
12C 24T @ 3.30 GHz
1533 (55%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
16C 32T @ 5.40 GHz
2774 (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 Silver 4310 Intel Xeon Silver 4310
12C 24T @ 2.10 GHz
22967 (39%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
16C 32T @ 2.50 GHz
58842 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Xeon Silver 4310 Intel Xeon Silver 4310
12C 24T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
16C 32T @ 5.40 GHz
114 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Xeon Silver 4310 Intel Xeon Silver 4310
12C 24T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
16C 32T @ 5.40 GHz
1669 (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 Silver 4310 Intel Xeon Silver 4310
12C 24T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
16C 32T @ 5.40 GHz
1955 (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 Silver 4310 Intel Xeon Silver 4310
12C 24T @ 2.10 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
16C 32T @ 2.50 GHz
32788 (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 Silver 4310 Intel Xeon Silver 4310
12C 24T @ 2.10 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
16C 32T @ 2.50 GHz
16214 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 Silver 4310 Intel Xeon Silver 4310
12C 24T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
16C 32T @ 5.40 GHz
758 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 Silver 4310 Intel Xeon Silver 4310
12C 24T @ 2.10 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
16C 32T @ 2.50 GHz
12914 (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 Silver 4310 Intel Xeon Silver 4310
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
AMD Radeon 610M @ 2.20 GHz
443 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Xeon Silver 4310 Intel Xeon Silver 4310
12C 24T @ 2.10 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
16C 32T @ 2.50 GHz
94 (100%)

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.
Intel Xeon Silver 4310 Intel Xeon Silver 4310
12C 24T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
16C 32T @ 5.40 GHz
312 (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.
Intel Xeon Silver 4310 Intel Xeon Silver 4310
12C 24T @ 2.10 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
16C 32T @ 2.50 GHz
5597 (100%)

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 Silver 4310 Intel Xeon Silver 4310
2.10 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
32,788 CB R23 MC @ 134 W
245 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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