EPYC 9655 vs Xeon E5-2630

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2630 and EPYC 9655 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1453not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.39no data
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency3.85no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge-EP (2012)Turin (2024)
Release date6 March 2012 (12 years ago)10 October 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$74$11,852

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2630 and EPYC 9655 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)96
Threads12192
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz4.5 GHz
Bus rate7.2 GT/sno data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache15360 KB (shared)384 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm4 nm
Die size435 mm212x 70.6 mm2
Maximum core temperature77 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,270 million99,780 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2630 and EPYC 9655 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 configuration22
SocketFCLGA2011SP5
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt400 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2630 and EPYC 9655. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXno data
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology1.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2630 and EPYC 9655 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 E5-2630 and EPYC 9655 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 and EPYC 9655. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5
Maximum memory size384 GBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth42.6 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 E5-2630 and EPYC 9655.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes40128

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 March 2012 10 October 2024
Physical cores 6 96
Threads 12 192
Chip lithography 32 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 400 Watt

Xeon E5-2630 has 321.1% lower power consumption.

EPYC 9655, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, 1500% more physical cores and 1500% more threads, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

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