EPYC 7473X vs Xeon E7420

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7420 and EPYC 7473X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated86
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiencyno data14.72
Architecture codenameno dataMilan-X (2022)
Release date1 July 2008 (16 years ago)22 March 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7420 and EPYC 7473X 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 coresno data24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threadsno data48
Base clock speed2.13 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speedno data3.7 GHz
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data512K (per core)
L3 cache8 MB L2 Cache768 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm7 nm
Die sizeno data8x 81 mm2
Maximum core temperature68 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data33,200 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range0.9V-1.45Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7420 and EPYC 7473X 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 configurationno data2
SocketPGA604SP3
Power consumption (TDP)90 Watt240 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7420 and EPYC 7473X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)-no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
FSB parity+no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Xeon E7420 and EPYC 7473X technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7420 and EPYC 7473X are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7420 and EPYC 7473X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-3200

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7420 and EPYC 7473X.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data128

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 July 2008 22 March 2022
Chip lithography 45 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt 240 Watt

Xeon E7420 has 166.7% lower power consumption.

EPYC 7473X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E7420 and EPYC 7473X. We've got no test results to judge.


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