EPYC 7402 vs Xeon E5-2699R v4

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2699R v4 and EPYC 7402 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated155
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data10.08
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E5AMD EPYC
Power efficiencyno data15.23
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Zen 2 (2017−2020)
Release date25 October 2016 (8 years ago)7 August 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,560$1,783

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2699R v4 and EPYC 7402 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)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads4448
Base clock speedno data2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz3.35 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate2 × 9.6 GT/sno data
Multiplier2228
L1 cacheno data96K (per core)
L2 cache5.5 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache55 MB128 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm, 14 nm
Die size456.12 mm2192 mm2
Number of transistors7200 Million4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2699R v4 and EPYC 7402 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 (Multiprocessor)
Socketno dataTR4
Power consumption (TDP)145 Watt180 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2699R v4 and EPYC 7402. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
TSX+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2699R v4 and EPYC 7402 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 7402 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2699R v4 and EPYC 7402. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4 Eight-channel
Maximum memory size1,536 GB4 TiB
Max memory channelsno data8
Maximum memory bandwidthno data204.763 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2699R v4 and EPYC 7402.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes40no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 October 2016 7 August 2019
Physical cores 22 24
Threads 44 48
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 145 Watt 180 Watt

Xeon E5-2699R v4 has 24.1% lower power consumption.

EPYC 7402, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, 9.1% more physical cores and 9.1% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2699R v4 and EPYC 7402. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2699R v4 is a mobile workstation processor while EPYC 7402 is a server/workstation one.


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