Xeon E3-1270L v4 vs EPYC 7763

Primary details

Comparing EPYC 7763 and Xeon E3-1270L v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	21	1161
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	34.39	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	AMD EPYC	no data
Architecture codename	Milan (2021)	Broadwell-DT (2015)
Release date	15 March 2021 (3 years ago)	2 June 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$7,890	no data
Current price	$1641 (0.2x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

EPYC 7763 and Xeon E3-1270L v4 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	64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	128	8
Base clock speed	2.45 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.6 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	256K (per core)
L3 cache	256 MB (shared)	6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	7 nm+	14 nm
Die size	8x 81 mm2	182 mm2
Number of transistors	33,200 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 7763 and Xeon E3-1270L v4 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	1
Socket	SP3	1150
Power consumption (TDP)	280 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7763 and Xeon E3-1270L v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
eDRAM	no data	128 MB
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	no data	+
Idle States	no data	+
FDI	no data	-
Status	no data	Announced

Security technologies

EPYC 7763 and Xeon E3-1270L v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 7763 and Xeon E3-1270L v4 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	no data
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 7763 and Xeon E3-1270L v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR3L-1333, DDR3L-1600, DDR3L-1866
Maximum memory size	4 TiB	32 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	204.795 GB/s	29.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 7763 and Xeon E3-1270L v4.

PCIe version	4.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	128	16

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

EPYC 7763 outperforms Xeon E3-1270L v4 by 1005% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	54.72	4.95
Recency	15 March 2021	2 June 2015
Physical cores	64	4
Threads	128	8
Chip lithography	7 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	280 Watt	45 Watt

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