EPYC 9655P vs Xeon E5-2699R v4

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2699R v4 and EPYC 9655P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data2.47
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E5no data
Power efficiencyno data23.56
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Turin (2024)
Release date25 October 2016 (8 years ago)10 October 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,560$10,811

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2699R v4 and EPYC 9655P 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)96
Threads44192
Base clock speedno data2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz4.5 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate2 × 9.6 GT/sno data
Multiplier22no data
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cache5.5 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache55 MB384 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm4 nm
Die size456.12 mm212x 70.6 mm2
Number of transistors7200 Million99,780 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2699R v4 and EPYC 9655P 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)1
Socketno dataSP5
Power consumption (TDP)145 Watt400 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2699R v4 and EPYC 9655P. 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 9655P 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 9655P are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2699R v4 and EPYC 9655P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5
Maximum memory size1,536 GBno data

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 9655P.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes40128

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 October 2016 10 October 2024
Physical cores 22 96
Threads 44 192
Chip lithography 14 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 145 Watt 400 Watt

Xeon E5-2699R v4 has 175.9% lower power consumption.

EPYC 9655P, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, 336.4% more physical cores and 336.4% more threads, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2699R v4 and EPYC 9655P. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2699R v4 is a mobile workstation processor while EPYC 9655P is a server/workstation one.


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