EPYC 7763 vs Xeon E3-1285L v4

General info

Comparing Xeon E3-1285L v4 and EPYC 7763 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1094	20
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.58	1.19
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	AMD EPYC
Architecture codename	Broadwell-DT (2015)	Milan (2021)
Release date	2 June 2015 (8 years ago)	15 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$7,890
Current price	$1178	$13541 (1.7x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

EPYC 7763 has 105% better value for money than Xeon E3-1285L v4.

Technical specs

Xeon E3-1285L v4 and EPYC 7763 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)	64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads	8	128
Base clock speed	3.4 GHz	2.45 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	6 MB (shared)	256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm+
Die size	160 mm2	8x 81 mm2
Number of transistors	1,400 million	33,200 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1285L v4 and EPYC 7763 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)	65 Watt	280 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1285L v4 and EPYC 7763. 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
eDRAM	128 MB	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
FDI	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1285L v4 and EPYC 7763 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 Xeon E3-1285L v4 and EPYC 7763 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 Xeon E3-1285L v4 and EPYC 7763. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

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

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel Iris Pro P6300	N/A
Max video memory	32 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	no data
Clear Video	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.15 GHz	no data
Execution Units	48	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E3-1285L v4 and EPYC 7763 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

3

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1285L v4 and EPYC 7763.

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.

EPYC 7763 outperforms Xeon E3-1285L v4 by 947% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	5.22	54.66
Recency	2 June 2015	15 March 2021
Physical cores	4	64
Threads	8	128
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	280 Watt

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