EPYC 7552 vs Xeon W-3265M

Primary details

Comparing Xeon W-3265M and EPYC 7552 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	265	81
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.73	7.29
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon W	AMD EPYC
Power efficiency	9.89	18.20
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Zen 2 (2017−2020)
Release date	3 June 2019 (5 years ago)	7 August 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$6,353	$4,025

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

EPYC 7552 has 27% better value for money than Xeon W-3265M.

Detailed specifications

Xeon W-3265M and EPYC 7552 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)	48 (Octatetraconta-Core)
Threads	48	96
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.6 GHz	3.3 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	27	22
L1 cache	1.5 MB	96 KB (per core)
L2 cache	24 MB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	33 MB	192 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm, 14 nm
Die size	no data	192 mm2
Maximum core temperature	78 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	3,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-3265M and EPYC 7552 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	1 (Uniprocessor)	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA3647	SP3
Power consumption (TDP)	205 Watt	200 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-3265M and EPYC 7552. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	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 W-3265M and EPYC 7552 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 W-3265M and EPYC 7552 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 W-3265M and EPYC 7552. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4 Eight-channel
Maximum memory size	2 TB	4 TiB
Max memory channels	6	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	140.8 GB/s	204.763 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 W-3265M and EPYC 7552.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	64	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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	21.31	38.25
Recency	3 June 2019	7 August 2019
Physical cores	24	48
Threads	48	96
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	205 Watt	200 Watt

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