EPYC 7763 vs Xeon E7-8890 v4

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-8890 v4 and EPYC 7763 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2271	25
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.01	3.15
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E7	AMD EPYC
Power efficiency	0.74	17.99
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)	Milan (2021−2023)
Release date	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)	15 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$7,174	$7,890

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

EPYC 7763 has 31400% better value for money than Xeon E7-8890 v4.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-8890 v4 and EPYC 7763 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	24 (Tetracosa-Core)	64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads	48	128
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	2.45 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.5 GHz
Bus type	QPI	no data
Bus rate	3 × 9.6 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	no data	24.5
L1 cache	no data	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	6 MB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	60 MB	256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm+
Die size	no data	8x 81 mm2
Maximum core temperature	79 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	33,200 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8890 v4 and EPYC 7763 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 (Multiprocessor)	2
Socket	FCLGA2011	SP3
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	280 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8890 v4 and EPYC 7763. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon E7-8890 v4 and EPYC 7763 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 E7-8890 v4 and EPYC 7763 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 E7-8890 v4 and EPYC 7763. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	3 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 E7-8890 v4 and EPYC 7763.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	32	128

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.29	53.23
Recency	20 June 2016	15 March 2021
Physical cores	24	64
Threads	48	128
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	280 Watt

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