Xeon Silver 4309Y vs EPYC 8224P

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Aggregate performance score

EPYC 8224P
2023
24 cores / 48 threads, 160 Watt
28.43
+135%
Xeon Silver 4309Y
2021
8 cores / 16 threads, 105 Watt
12.11

EPYC 8224P outperforms Xeon Silver 4309Y by a whopping 135% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing EPYC 8224P and Xeon Silver 4309Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking162642
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation29.48no data
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency16.8110.91
Architecture codenameSiena (2023−2024)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date18 September 2023 (1 year ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$855no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

EPYC 8224P 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 cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads4816
Base clock speed2.55 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz3.6 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache64 MB (shared)12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography5 nm10 nm
Die size2x 73 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)75 °C76 °C
Number of transistors17,750 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 8224P 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 configuration12
SocketSP6FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)160 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 8224P 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-+
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

EPYC 8224P 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 8224P 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 8224P and Xeon Silver 4309Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR4-2667
Maximum memory sizeno data6 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
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 8224P and Xeon Silver 4309Y.

PCIe version5.04.0
PCI Express lanes9664

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 8224P 28.43
+135%
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 8224P 45160
+135%
Xeon Silver 4309Y 19237

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 28.43 12.11
Recency 18 September 2023 6 April 2021
Physical cores 24 8
Threads 48 16
Chip lithography 5 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 105 Watt

EPYC 8224P has a 134.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Xeon Silver 4309Y, on the other hand, has 52.4% lower power consumption.

The EPYC 8224P is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Silver 4309Y in performance tests.


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