EPYC 7413 vs Xeon E5-2670 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2670 v3 and EPYC 7413 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	882	131
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.87	14.05
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E5	AMD EPYC
Power efficiency	6.74	16.62
Architecture codename	Haswell-EP (2014−2015)	Milan (2021−2023)
Release date	8 September 2014 (10 years ago)	15 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,589	$1,825

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

EPYC 7413 has 651% better value for money than Xeon E5-2670 v3.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2670 v3 and EPYC 7413 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	12 (Dodeca-Core)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	24	48
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.65 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	3.6 GHz
Bus type	QPI	no data
Bus rate	2 × 9.6 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	23	26.5
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	30 MB (shared)	128 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	7 nm+
Die size	356 mm2	4x 81 mm2
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	no data
Number of transistors	2,600 million	16,600 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2670 v3 and EPYC 7413 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 (Multiprocessor)	2
Socket	FCLGA2011	SP3
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	180 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2670 v3 and EPYC 7413. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
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

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2670 v3 and EPYC 7413 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 E5-2670 v3 and EPYC 7413 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 E5-2670 v3 and EPYC 7413. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	768 GB	4 TiB
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	68 GB/s	204.795 GB/s
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 E5-2670 v3 and EPYC 7413.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	40	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.

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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	8.55	31.62
Recency	8 September 2014	15 March 2021
Physical cores	12	24
Threads	24	48
Chip lithography	22 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	180 Watt

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