EPYC 74F3 vs Xeon E3-1281 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1281 v3 and EPYC 74F3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1274	77
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	11.20
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	AMD EPYC
Power efficiency	5.44	15.06
Architecture codename	no data	Milan (2021−2023)
Release date	1 April 2014 (10 years ago)	15 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$2,900

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1281 v3 and EPYC 74F3 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	4 (Quad-Core)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	8	48
Base clock speed	3.7 GHz	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.1 GHz	4 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	no data	32
L1 cache	no data	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	no data	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB Intel® Smart Cache	256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	7 nm+
Die size	no data	4x 81 mm2
Number of transistors	no data	33,200 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1281 v3 and EPYC 74F3 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	2
Socket	FCLGA1150	SP3
Power consumption (TDP)	82 Watt	240 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1281 v3 and EPYC 74F3. 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	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
SIPP	+	-
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1281 v3 and EPYC 74F3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	-
OS Guard	+	no data
Anti-Theft	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1281 v3 and EPYC 74F3 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 E3-1281 v3 and EPYC 74F3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1333, DDR3L-1600	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	32 GB	4 TiB
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	204.795 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1281 v3 and EPYC 74F3.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	16	128

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	4.71	38.19
Recency	1 April 2014	15 March 2021
Physical cores	4	24
Threads	8	48
Chip lithography	22 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	82 Watt	240 Watt

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