EPYC 72F3 vs Xeon E5-2699R v4

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2699R v4 and EPYC 72F3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated374
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data4.59
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E5AMD EPYC
Power efficiencyno data9.02
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Milan (2021−2023)
Release date25 October 2016 (8 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,560$2,468

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2699R v4 and EPYC 72F3 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 speedno data3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate2 × 9.6 GT/sno data
Multiplier2237
L1 cacheno data512 KB
L2 cache5.5 MB4 MB
L3 cache55 MB256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm+
Die size456.12 mm28x 81 mm2
Number of transistors7200 Million33,200 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2699R v4 and EPYC 72F3 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
Socketno dataSP3
Power consumption (TDP)145 Watt180 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2699R v4 and EPYC 72F3. 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 E5-2699R v4 and EPYC 72F3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2699R v4 and EPYC 72F3 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2699R v4 and EPYC 72F3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-3200
Maximum memory size1,536 GB4 TiB
Maximum memory bandwidthno data204.795 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2699R v4 and EPYC 72F3.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes40128

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 October 2016 12 January 2021
Physical cores 22 8
Threads 44 16
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 145 Watt 180 Watt

Xeon E5-2699R v4 has 175% more physical cores and 175% more threads, and 24.1% lower power consumption.

EPYC 72F3, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2699R v4 and EPYC 72F3. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2699R v4 is a mobile workstation processor while EPYC 72F3 is a server/workstation one.


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