Xeon E5-2699R v4 vs EPYC 7401P

Primary details

Comparing EPYC 7401P and Xeon E5-2699R v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking337not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.75no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesAMD EPYCIntel Xeon E5
Power efficiency10.00no data
Architecture codenameNaples (2017−2018)Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date20 June 2017 (7 years ago)25 October 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,075$4,560

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

EPYC 7401P and Xeon E5-2699R v4 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 cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)22 (Docosa-Core)
Threads4844
Base clock speed2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus typeno dataQPI
Bus rateno data2 × 9.6 GT/s
Multiplier2022
L1 cache2.25 MBno data
L2 cache12 MB5.5 MB
L3 cache64 MB (shared)55 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size213 mm2456.12 mm2
Number of transistors19200 Million7200 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 7401P and Xeon E5-2699R v4 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)2 (Multiprocessor)
SocketTR4no data
Power consumption (TDP)155 W, 170 Watt145 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7401P and Xeon E5-2699R v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+

Security technologies

EPYC 7401P and Xeon E5-2699R v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 7401P and Xeon E5-2699R v4 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 7401P and Xeon E5-2699R v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Eight-channelno data
Maximum memory size2 TiB1,536 GB
Max memory channels8no data
Maximum memory bandwidth170.671 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 7401P and Xeon E5-2699R v4.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes12840

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 June 2017 25 October 2016
Physical cores 24 22
Threads 48 44
Power consumption (TDP) 155 Watt 145 Watt

EPYC 7401P has an age advantage of 7 months, and 9.1% more physical cores and 9.1% more threads.

Xeon E5-2699R v4, on the other hand, has 6.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between EPYC 7401P and Xeon E5-2699R v4. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that EPYC 7401P is a server/workstation processor while Xeon E5-2699R v4 is a mobile workstation one.


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