EPYC 7203 vs Xeon Bronze 3106

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Bronze 3106 and EPYC 7203 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1486not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.39no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Bronzeno data
Power efficiency4.03no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2019)Milan (2021−2023)
Release date11 July 2017 (7 years ago)5 September 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$306$338

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Bronze 3106 and EPYC 7203 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads816
Base clock speed1.7 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed1.7 GHz3.4 GHz
Multiplier17no data
L1 cache512 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache8 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache11 MB (shared)64 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm
Die sizeno data2x 81 mm2
Maximum core temperature77 °Cno data
Number of transistors8,000 million8,300 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Bronze 3106 and EPYC 7203 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)2
SocketFCLGA3647SP3
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt120 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Bronze 3106 and EPYC 7203. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
TSX+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Xeon Bronze 3106 and EPYC 7203 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Bronze 3106 and EPYC 7203 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Bronze 3106 and EPYC 7203. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2133DDR4
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth102.403 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Bronze 3106 and EPYC 7203.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes48128

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 July 2017 5 September 2023
Threads 8 16
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 120 Watt

Xeon Bronze 3106 has 41.2% lower power consumption.

EPYC 7203, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, 100% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

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