EPYC 9654 vs Xeon E5-2407 v2
Aggregate performance score
EPYC 9654 outperforms Xeon E5-2407 v2 by a whopping 3556% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2023 | 12 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.35 | 1.38 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | no data | AMD EPYC |
| Power efficiency | 2.46 | 19.97 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | Intel | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Ivy Bridge-EN (2013−2014) | Genoa (2022−2023) |
| Release date | 1 September 2013 (11 years ago) | 10 November 2022 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $476 | $11,805 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
EPYC 9654 has 294% better value for money than Xeon E5-2407 v2.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon E5-2407 v2 and EPYC 9654 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) | 96 |
| Threads | 4 | 192 |
| Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Bus rate | 6.4 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | no data | 24 |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 10 MB (shared) | 384 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 5 nm, 6 nm |
| Die size | 160 mm2 | 12x 72 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 76 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | 78,840 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E5-2407 v2 and EPYC 9654 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 | 2 | 2 |
| Socket | FCLGA1356 | SP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 360 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2407 v2 and EPYC 9654. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Flex Memory Access | - | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | + | no data |
| PAE | 46 Bit | no data |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Security technologies
Xeon E5-2407 v2 and EPYC 9654 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| Secure Key | + | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2407 v2 and EPYC 9654 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 E5-2407 v2 and EPYC 9654. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR5-4800 |
| Maximum memory size | 384 GB | 6 TiB |
| Max memory channels | 3 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 32 GB/s | 460.8 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2407 v2 and EPYC 9654.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 24 | 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.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.05 | 74.95 |
| Recency | 1 September 2013 | 10 November 2022 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 96 |
| Threads | 4 | 192 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 360 Watt |
Xeon E5-2407 v2 has 350% lower power consumption.
EPYC 9654, on the other hand, has a 3556.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 2300% more physical cores and 4700% more threads, and a 340% more advanced lithography process.
The AMD EPYC 9654 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon E5-2407 v2 in performance tests.
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