EPYC 9965 vs Xeon E5-2689 v4

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2689 v4 and EPYC 9965 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking715not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.79no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E5no data
Power efficiency6.16no data
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Turin (2024)
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)10 October 2024 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,723$14,813

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2689 v4 and EPYC 9965 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)192
Threads20384
Base clock speed3.1 GHz2.25 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate2 × 9.6 GT/sno data
Multiplier31no data
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cache2.5 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache25 MB384 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm3 nm
Die size246.24 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature52 °Cno data
Number of transistors3200 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2689 v4 and EPYC 9965 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)2
SocketFCLGA2011-3SP5
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt500 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2689 v4 and EPYC 9965. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2689 v4 and EPYC 9965 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 E5-2689 v4 and EPYC 9965 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 E5-2689 v4 and EPYC 9965. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400DDR5
Maximum memory size1.5 TBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 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 E5-2689 v4 and EPYC 9965.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes40128

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 June 2016 10 October 2024
Physical cores 10 192
Threads 20 384
Chip lithography 14 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 500 Watt

Xeon E5-2689 v4 has 203% lower power consumption.

EPYC 9965, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, 1820% more physical cores and 1820% more threads, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

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