AMD EPYC 7H12 vs Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3

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Games supported 100%

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 rating10212
Value for money6.959.34
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataAMD EPYC
Architecture codenameHaswell-EP (2014)Zen 2 (2019−2020)
Release date8 September 2014 (8 years old)18 September 2019 (3 years old)
Current price$22 $4280
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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 cores4 (Quad-Core)64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads8128
Base clock speed3.5 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3.3 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)4 MB
L2 cache256K (per core)32 MB
L3 cache10 MB (shared)256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm7 nm, 14 nm
Die size356 mm2192 mm2
Maximum core temperature66 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,600 million4,800 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 configuration12 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA2011-3TR4
Thermal design power (TDP)140 Watt280 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 extensionsIntel® AVX2no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no 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
PAE46 Bitno 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-Vno 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 typesDDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133DDR4 Eight-channel
Maximum memory size768 GB4 TiB
Max memory channels48
Maximum memory bandwidth68 GB/s204.763 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

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

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes40no data

Benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


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.

Xeon E5-1620 v3 5.55
EPYC 7H12 79.98
+1341%
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Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 67%

Xeon E5-1620 v3 6993
EPYC 7H12 100817
+1342%

EPYC 7H12 outperforms Xeon E5-1620 v3 by 1342% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


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

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, Technical City recommends

AMD EPYC 7H12
EPYC 7H12


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