EPYC 9965 vs Xeon E3-1505L v6

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1505L v6 and EPYC 9965 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1471not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.46no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E3no data
Power efficiency14.50no data
Architecture codenameKaby Lake (2016−2019)Turin (2024)
Release date3 January 2017 (7 years ago)10 October 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$433$14,813

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1505L v6 and EPYC 9965 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)192
Threads8384
Base clock speedno data2.25 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
Multiplier22no data
L1 cache256 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB384 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm3 nm
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1505L v6 and EPYC 9965 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)2
Socketno dataSP5
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt500 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1505L v6 and EPYC 9965. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
TSX+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1505L v6 and EPYC 9965 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1505L v6 and EPYC 9965 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1505L v6 and EPYC 9965. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3L-1600DDR5
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth34.134 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics P630N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1505L v6 and EPYC 9965.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes16128

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 January 2017 10 October 2024
Physical cores 4 192
Threads 8 384
Chip lithography 14 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 500 Watt

Xeon E3-1505L v6 has 1900% lower power consumption.

EPYC 9965, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, 4700% more physical cores and 4700% more threads, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

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