EPYC 9355P vs Xeon E5-2630 v4

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2630 v4 and EPYC 9355P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	973	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.29	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E5	no data
Power efficiency	8.12	no data
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)	Turin (2024)
Release date	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)	10 October 2024 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	$667	$2,998

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2630 v4 and EPYC 9355P 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	10 (Deca-Core)	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads	20	64
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	3.55 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	4.4 GHz
Bus type	QPI	no data
Bus rate	2 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	22	no data
L1 cache	no data	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2.5 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	25 MB	256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	4 nm
Die size	246.24 mm2	8x 70.6 mm2
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	3200 Million	66,520 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2630 v4 and EPYC 9355P 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	2 (Multiprocessor)	1
Socket	FCLGA2011	SP5
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	280 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2630 v4 and EPYC 9355P. 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
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2630 v4 and EPYC 9355P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2630 v4 and EPYC 9355P 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 E5-2630 v4 and EPYC 9355P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133	DDR5
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	68.3 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2630 v4 and EPYC 9355P.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	40	128

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	20 June 2016	10 October 2024
Physical cores	10	32
Threads	20	64
Chip lithography	14 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	280 Watt

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