Xeon w3-2525 vs EPYC 7282
Aggregate performance score
EPYC 7282 outperforms Xeon w3-2525 by a small 6% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 446 | 484 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 11.92 | 23.23 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | AMD EPYC | no data |
| Power efficiency | 6.09 | 3.95 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | TSMC | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Zen 2 (2019−2020) | Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024) |
| Release date | 7 August 2019 (6 years ago) | 24 August 2024 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $650 | $609 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon w3-2525 has 95% better value for money than EPYC 7282.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
EPYC 7282 and Xeon w3-2525 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 | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Performance-cores | no data | 8 |
| Threads | 32 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
| Multiplier | 28 | no data |
| L1 cache | 1 MB | 80 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 64 MB | 22.5 MB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm, 14 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Die size | 2x 74 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 72 °C |
| Number of transistors | 7,600 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on EPYC 7282 and Xeon w3-2525 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) | 1 |
| Socket | SP3 | FCLGA4677 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 175 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7282 and Xeon w3-2525. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
EPYC 7282 and Xeon w3-2525 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
| SGX | no data | - |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 7282 and Xeon w3-2525 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 EPYC 7282 and Xeon w3-2525. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Eight-channel | DDR5-4400 |
| Maximum memory size | 4 TiB | 2 TB |
| Max memory channels | 8 | 4 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 204.763 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | N/A | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 7282 and Xeon w3-2525.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 128 | 64 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 17.30 | 16.35 |
| Recency | 7 August 2019 | 24 August 2024 |
| Physical cores | 16 | 8 |
| Threads | 32 | 16 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 175 Watt |
EPYC 7282 has a 5.8% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 45.8% lower power consumption.
Xeon w3-2525, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between AMD EPYC 7282 and Intel Xeon w3-2525.
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