EPYC 7532 vs Xeon E5-1650 v4

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-1650 v4 and EPYC 7532 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	984	118
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.44	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E5	AMD EPYC
Power efficiency	4.88	15.72
Architecture codename	Broadwell-EP (2016)	Zen 2 (2017−2020)
Release date	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)	19 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$617	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-1650 v4 and EPYC 7532 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads	12	64
Base clock speed	3.6 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	3.3 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	36	24
L1 cache	64K (per core)	2 MB
L2 cache	1.5 MB	16 MB
L3 cache	15 MB (shared)	256 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm, 14 nm
Die size	246.24 mm2	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	69 °C	no data
Number of transistors	3200 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1650 v4 and EPYC 7532 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)	no data
Socket	FCLGA2011	Socket SP3
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	200 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1650 v4 and EPYC 7532. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	+	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-1650 v4 and EPYC 7532 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	-
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-1650 v4 and EPYC 7532 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 E5-1650 v4 and EPYC 7532. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	4 TiB
Max memory channels	4	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	204.763 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-1650 v4 and EPYC 7532.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	40	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	7.35	33.84
Recency	20 June 2016	19 February 2020
Physical cores	6	32
Threads	12	64
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	200 Watt

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