EPYC 7713 vs Xeon E7-8860 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-8860 v3 and EPYC 7713 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	28
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	4.00
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	AMD EPYC
Power efficiency	no data	21.93
Architecture codename	Haswell-EX (2015)	Milan (2021−2023)
Release date	1 June 2015 (9 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$7,060

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-8860 v3 and EPYC 7713 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 cores	16 (Hexadeca-Core)	64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads	32	128
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	3.68 GHz
Bus rate	9.6 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	no data	20
L1 cache	64K (per core)	4 MB
L2 cache	256K (per core)	32 MB
L3 cache	40 MB (shared)	256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	7 nm+
Die size	160 mm2	8x 81 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	75 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,400 million	33,200 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8860 v3 and EPYC 7713 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 configuration	8	2
Socket	FCLGA2011	SP3
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	225 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8860 v3 and EPYC 7713. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
PAE	46 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E7-8860 v3 and EPYC 7713 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 E7-8860 v3 and EPYC 7713 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 E7-8860 v3 and EPYC 7713. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1333/1600/1866, DDR3-1066/1333/1600	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	4 TiB
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	85 GB/s	204.795 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-8860 v3 and EPYC 7713.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	32	128

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 June 2015	12 January 2021
Physical cores	16	64
Threads	32	128
Chip lithography	22 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	225 Watt

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