EPYC 9965 vs Xeon Gold 6130

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6130 and EPYC 9965 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking586not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.54no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiency9.84no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Turin (2024)
Release date25 April 2017 (7 years ago)10 October 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,894$14,813

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6130 and EPYC 9965 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)192
Threads32384
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.25 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache1 MB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache16 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache22 MB384 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm3 nm
Maximum core temperature87 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6130 and EPYC 9965 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)2
SocketFCLGA3647SP5
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt500 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6130 and EPYC 9965. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6130 and EPYC 9965 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 Gold 6130 and EPYC 9965 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 Gold 6130 and EPYC 9965. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR5
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6130 and EPYC 9965.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes48128

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 April 2017 10 October 2024
Physical cores 16 192
Threads 32 384
Chip lithography 14 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 500 Watt

Xeon Gold 6130 has 300% lower power consumption.

EPYC 9965, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, 1100% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

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