Xeon Silver 4509Y vs EPYC 7272

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Primary details

Comparing EPYC 7272 and Xeon Silver 4509Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking421not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation11.78no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesAMD EPYCno data
Power efficiency12.49no data
Architecture codenameZen 2 (2017−2020)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date7 August 2019 (5 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$625$563

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

EPYC 7272 and Xeon Silver 4509Y 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads2416
Base clock speed2.9 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz4.1 GHz
Multiplier29no data
L1 cache96 KB (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache64 MB (shared)22.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm, 14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size192 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data84 °C
Number of transistors3,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 7272 and Xeon Silver 4509Y 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)2
SocketSP3FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7272 and Xeon Silver 4509Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

EPYC 7272 and Xeon Silver 4509Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 7272 and Xeon Silver 4509Y are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 7272 and Xeon Silver 4509Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Eight-channelDDR5 @ 4400 MT/s (1 DPC &2DPC)
Maximum memory size4 TiB4 TB
Max memory channels88
Maximum memory bandwidth204.763 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/AN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 7272 and Xeon Silver 4509Y.

PCIe version4.05
PCI Express lanes12880

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 August 2019 14 December 2023
Physical cores 12 8
Threads 24 16
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 125 Watt

EPYC 7272 has 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and 4.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4509Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years.

We couldn't decide between EPYC 7272 and Xeon Silver 4509Y. We've got no test results to judge.


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