EPYC 7282 vs Xeon E5-2630L v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2630L v3 and EPYC 7282 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1163	306
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	15.33
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	AMD EPYC
Power efficiency	9.39	15.13
Architecture codename	Haswell-EP (2014−2015)	Zen 2 (2017−2020)
Release date	8 September 2014 (10 years ago)	7 August 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$650

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2630L v3 and EPYC 7282 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	8 (Octa-Core)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	16	32
Base clock speed	1.8 GHz	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.9 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus rate	8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	no data	28
L1 cache	64K (per core)	96K (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	20 MB (shared)	64 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	7 nm, 14 nm
Die size	356 mm2	192 mm2
Maximum core temperature	60 °C	no data
Number of transistors	2,600 million	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2630L v3 and EPYC 7282 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 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA2011	TR4
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	120 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2630L v3 and EPYC 7282. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	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 E5-2630L v3 and EPYC 7282 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 E5-2630L v3 and EPYC 7282 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 E5-2630L v3 and EPYC 7282. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866	DDR4 Eight-channel
Maximum memory size	768 GB	4 TiB
Max memory channels	4	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	59 GB/s	204.763 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2630L v3 and EPYC 7282.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	40	no data

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	5.46	19.18
Recency	8 September 2014	7 August 2019
Physical cores	8	16
Threads	16	32
Chip lithography	22 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	120 Watt

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