EPYC 7203 vs Xeon E-2236
Primary details
Comparing Xeon E-2236 and EPYC 7203 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 869 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 37.38 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon E | no data |
| Power efficiency | 10.39 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Coffee Lake-S WS (2018−2019) | Milan (2021−2023) |
| Release date | 29 May 2019 (5 years ago) | 5 September 2023 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $284 | $338 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon E-2236 and EPYC 7203 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 | 6 (Hexa-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 12 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.8 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | no data |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 34 | no data |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 12 MB (shared) | 64 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | 154 mm2 | 2x 81 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 8,300 million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E-2236 and EPYC 7203 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 |
| Socket | FCLGA1151 | SP3 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 120 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E-2236 and EPYC 7203. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Security technologies
Xeon E-2236 and EPYC 7203 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| Secure Key | + | no data |
| MPX | + | - |
| SGX | Yes with Intel® ME | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E-2236 and EPYC 7203 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 E-2236 and EPYC 7203. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2666 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | 128 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 42.671 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel UHD Graphics P630 | N/A |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E-2236 and EPYC 7203 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | N/A | no data |
| Max resolution over eDP | N/A | no data |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | N/A | no data |
| Max resolution over VGA | N/A | no data |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Xeon E-2236 and EPYC 7203 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | N/A | no data |
| OpenGL | N/A | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E-2236 and EPYC 7203.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | 128 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 29 May 2019 | 5 September 2023 |
| Physical cores | 6 | 8 |
| Threads | 12 | 16 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 120 Watt |
Xeon E-2236 has 50% lower power consumption.
EPYC 7203, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Xeon E-2236 and EPYC 7203. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E-2236 and EPYC 7203, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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