EPYC 9475F vs Xeon E5-2640

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2640 and EPYC 9475F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1437	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.96	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	3.95	no data
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge-EP (2012)	Turin (2024)
Release date	6 March 2012 (12 years ago)	10 October 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$162	$7,592

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2640 and EPYC 9475F 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	48 (Octatetraconta-Core)
Threads	12	96
Base clock speed	2.5 GHz	3.65 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	4.8 GHz
Bus rate	7.2 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	15360 KB (shared)	256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	4 nm
Die size	435 mm2	8x 70.6 mm2
Maximum core temperature	73 °C	no data
Number of transistors	2,270 million	66,520 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2640 and EPYC 9475F 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	FCLGA2011	SP5
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	400 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2640 and EPYC 9475F. 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	1.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2640 and EPYC 9475F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2640 and EPYC 9475F 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 E5-2640 and EPYC 9475F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR5
Maximum memory size	384 GB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.6 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2640 and EPYC 9475F.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	40	128

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 March 2012	10 October 2024
Physical cores	6	48
Threads	12	96
Chip lithography	32 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	400 Watt

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