Xeon E3-1270 v5 vs EPYC 9754

Primary details

Comparing EPYC 9754 and Xeon E3-1270 v5 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	11	1157
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	3.90
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon E3
Architecture codename	Bergamo (2023)	Skylake-DT (2015)
Release date	13 June 2023 (1 year ago)	19 October 2015 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$339

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

EPYC 9754 and Xeon E3-1270 v5 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	128	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	256	8
Base clock speed	2.25 GHz	3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	4 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	36
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	256 MB (shared)	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	5 nm	14 nm
Die size	8x 73 mm2	122 mm2
Number of transistors	71,000 million	1,750 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 9754 and Xeon E3-1270 v5 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	SP5	FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)	360 Watt	80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 9754 and Xeon E3-1270 v5. 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	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Status	no data	Discontinued
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Security technologies

EPYC 9754 and Xeon E3-1270 v5 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
MPX	-	+
SGX	no data	Yes with both Intel® SPS and Intel® ME
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 9754 and Xeon E3-1270 v5 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 9754 and Xeon E3-1270 v5. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR5	DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

N/A

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by EPYC 9754 and Xeon E3-1270 v5 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	N/A
Max resolution over eDP	no data	N/A
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	N/A
Max resolution over VGA	no data	N/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by EPYC 9754 and Xeon E3-1270 v5 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	N/A
OpenGL	no data	N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 9754 and Xeon E3-1270 v5.

PCIe version	5.0	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.

Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	65.15	5.42
Recency	13 June 2023	19 October 2015
Physical cores	128	4
Threads	256	8
Chip lithography	5 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	360 Watt	80 Watt

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