Xeon Silver 4309Y vs EPYC 7343

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Aggregate performance score

EPYC 7343
2021
16 cores / 32 threads, 190 Watt
27.42
+126%
Xeon Silver 4309Y
2021
8 cores / 16 threads, 105 Watt
12.11

EPYC 7343 outperforms Xeon Silver 4309Y by a whopping 126% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing EPYC 7343 and Xeon Silver 4309Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking178642
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation13.89no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesAMD EPYCno data
Power efficiency13.6510.91
Architecture codenameMilan (2021−2023)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date15 March 2021 (3 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,565no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

EPYC 7343 and Xeon Silver 4309Y 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads3216
Base clock speed3.2 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz3.6 GHz
Multiplier32no data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache128 MB (shared)12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm+10 nm
Die size4x 81 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data76 °C
Number of transistors16,600 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 7343 and Xeon Silver 4309Y 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration22
SocketSP3FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)190 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7343 and Xeon Silver 4309Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

EPYC 7343 and Xeon Silver 4309Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 7343 and Xeon Silver 4309Y are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 7343 and Xeon Silver 4309Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size4 TiB6 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
Maximum memory bandwidth204.795 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 7343 and Xeon Silver 4309Y.

PCIe version4.04.0
PCI Express lanes12864

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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.

EPYC 7343 27.42
+126%
Xeon Silver 4309Y 12.11

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

EPYC 7343 43561
+126%
Xeon Silver 4309Y 19237

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

EPYC 7343 1533
+8.5%
Xeon Silver 4309Y 1413

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

EPYC 7343 11934
+62%
Xeon Silver 4309Y 7365

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 27.42 12.11
Physical cores 16 8
Threads 32 16
Chip lithography 7 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 190 Watt 105 Watt

EPYC 7343 has a 126.4% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

Xeon Silver 4309Y, on the other hand, has 81% lower power consumption.

The EPYC 7343 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Silver 4309Y in performance tests.


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