EPYC 7373X vs Xeon Silver 4214Y
Primary details
Comparing Xeon Silver 4214Y and EPYC 7373X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in the ranking | 745 | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 16.65 | no data |
Market segment | Server | Server |
Series | Intel Xeon Silver | no data |
Power efficiency | 11.52 | no data |
Architecture codename | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) | Milan-X (2022) |
Release date | 2 April 2019 (5 years ago) | 22 March 2022 (2 years ago) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $768 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon Silver 4214Y and EPYC 7373X 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 | 12 (Dodeca-Core) | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) |
Threads | 24 | 32 |
Base clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 3.05 GHz |
Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
Multiplier | 22 | no data |
L1 cache | 768 KB | 64K (per core) |
L2 cache | 12 MB | 512K (per core) |
L3 cache | 16.5 MB | 768 MB (shared) |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
Die size | no data | 8x 81 mm2 |
Maximum core temperature | 77 °C | no data |
Number of transistors | no data | 33,200 million |
64 bit support | + | - |
Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Silver 4214Y and EPYC 7373X 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 | 2 (Multiprocessor) | 2 |
Socket | FCLGA3647 | SP3 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | 240 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4214Y and EPYC 7373X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | no data |
AES-NI | + | + |
AVX | + | + |
vPro | + | no data |
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
Speed Shift | + | no data |
Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
TSX | + | - |
Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon Silver 4214Y and EPYC 7373X 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 Silver 4214Y and EPYC 7373X 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 Silver 4214Y and EPYC 7373X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | DDR4-3200 |
Maximum memory size | 1 TB | no data |
Max memory channels | 6 | no data |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 115.212 GB/s | no data |
ECC memory support | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4214Y and EPYC 7373X.
PCIe version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
PCI Express lanes | 48 | 128 |
Pros & cons summary
Recency | 2 April 2019 | 22 March 2022 |
Physical cores | 12 | 16 |
Threads | 24 | 32 |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | 240 Watt |
Xeon Silver 4214Y has 182.4% lower power consumption.
EPYC 7373X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Xeon Silver 4214Y and EPYC 7373X. We've got no test results to judge.
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