EPYC 7643 vs Xeon Gold 6240M

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6240M and EPYC 7643 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated38
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data6.59
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldAMD EPYC
Power efficiencyno data20.14
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Milan (2021−2023)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$5,448$4,995

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6240M and EPYC 7643 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 cores18 (Octadeca-Core)48 (Octatetraconta-Core)
Threads3696
Base clock speed2.6 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz3.6 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier2623
L1 cache1.125 MB3 MB
L2 cache18 MB24 MB
L3 cache24.75 MB256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm+
Die sizeno data8x 81 mm2
Maximum core temperature85 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data33,200 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6240M and EPYC 7643 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
SocketSocket PSP3
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt225 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6240M and EPYC 7643. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® 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
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6240M and EPYC 7643 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 6240M and EPYC 7643 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 6240M and EPYC 7643. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size2 TB4 TiB
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/s204.795 GB/s
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 6240M and EPYC 7643.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes48128

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 12 January 2021
Physical cores 18 48
Threads 36 96
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 225 Watt

Xeon Gold 6240M has 50% lower power consumption.

EPYC 7643, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, 166.7% more physical cores and 166.7% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

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