EPYC 7513 vs Xeon E5-2678 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2678 v3 and EPYC 7513 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	818	84
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	10.58
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Xeon	AMD EPYC
Power efficiency	7.31	17.66
Architecture codename	Haswell (2013−2015)	Milan (2021−2023)
Release date	2015 (9 years ago)	15 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$2,840

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2678 v3 and EPYC 7513 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	12 (Dodeca-Core)	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads	24	64
Base clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	3.65 GHz
Multiplier	no data	26
L1 cache	384 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	3072 KB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	30 MB	128 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	7 nm+
Die size	356 mm2	8x 81 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	84 °C	no data
Number of transistors	5,560 million	33,200 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2678 v3 and EPYC 7513 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	2
Socket	LGA2011-3	SP3
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	200 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and EPYC 7513. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2678 v3 and EPYC 7513 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and EPYC 7513 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 E5-2678 v3 and EPYC 7513. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR4	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	no data	4 TiB
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	204.795 GB/s

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 E5-2678 v3 and EPYC 7513.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	40	128

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	9.62	38.74
Physical cores	12	32
Threads	24	64
Chip lithography	22 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	200 Watt

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