EPYC 7203 vs Xeon E5-2699 v4

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2699 v4 and EPYC 7203 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking434not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.54no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E5no data
Power efficiency10.25no data
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Milan (2021−2023)
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)5 September 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,115$338

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2699 v4 and EPYC 7203 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 cores22 (Docosa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads4416
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate2 × 9.6 GT/sno data
Multiplier22no data
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cache5.5 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache55 MB64 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm
Die size456.12 mm22x 81 mm2
Maximum core temperature79 °Cno data
Number of transistors7200 Million8,300 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2699 v4 and EPYC 7203 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
SocketFCLGA2011SP3
Power consumption (TDP)145 Watt120 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2699 v4 and EPYC 7203. 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 E5-2699 v4 and EPYC 7203 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 E5-2699 v4 and EPYC 7203 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 E5-2699 v4 and EPYC 7203. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400DDR4
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 E5-2699 v4 and EPYC 7203.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes40128

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 June 2016 5 September 2023
Physical cores 22 8
Threads 44 16
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 145 Watt 120 Watt

Xeon E5-2699 v4 has 175% more physical cores and 175% more threads.

EPYC 7203, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 20.8% lower power consumption.

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