EPYC 9555 vs Xeon E3-1578L v5

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1578L v5 and EPYC 9555 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E3	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake-H (2015−2016)	Turin (2024)
Release date	31 May 2016 (8 years ago)	10 October 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$449	$9,826

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1578L v5 and EPYC 9555 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads	8	128
Base clock speed	2 GHz	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	4.4 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	20	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	4 nm
Die size	171 mm2	8x 70.6 mm2
Number of transistors	2,300 million	66,520 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1578L v5 and EPYC 9555 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	2
Socket	Intel BGA 1440	SP5
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	360 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1578L v5 and EPYC 9555. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1578L v5 and EPYC 9555 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1578L v5 and EPYC 9555 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1578L v5 and EPYC 9555. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	LPDDR3-1866	DDR5
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.134 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1578L v5 and EPYC 9555.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	16	128

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	31 May 2016	10 October 2024
Physical cores	4	64
Threads	8	128
Chip lithography	14 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	360 Watt

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