AMD EPYC 7H12 vs Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3

General info

Comparing Xeon E5-1620 v3 and EPYC 7H12 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rating	1021	2
Value for money	6.95	9.34
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	AMD EPYC
Architecture codename	Haswell-EP (2014)	Zen 2 (2019−2020)
Release date	8 September 2014 (8 years old)	18 September 2019 (3 years old)
Current price	$22	$4280

Technical specs

Xeon E5-1620 v3 and EPYC 7H12 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	3.5 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	3.3 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	4 MB
L2 cache	256K (per core)	32 MB
L3 cache	10 MB (shared)	256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	7 nm, 14 nm
Die size	356 mm2	192 mm2
Maximum core temperature	66 °C	no data
Number of transistors	2,600 million	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1620 v3 and EPYC 7H12 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 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA2011-3	TR4
Thermal design power (TDP)	140 Watt	280 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1620 v3 and EPYC 7H12. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	-	no data
TSX	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-1620 v3 and EPYC 7H12 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-1620 v3 and EPYC 7H12 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 E5-1620 v3 and EPYC 7H12. Depending on the motherboards, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133	DDR4 Eight-channel
Maximum memory size	768 GB	4 TiB
Max memory channels	4	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	68 GB/s	204.763 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-1620 v3 and EPYC 7H12.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	40	no data

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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Overall 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.

Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance rating	5.55	79.98
Recency	8 September 2014	18 September 2019
Boost clock speed	3500	3300
Base clock speed	3500	2600
Chip lithography	22 nm	7 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	140 Watt	280 Watt

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