EPYC 9654P vs Xeon E5-2673 V3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2673 V3 and EPYC 9654P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	784	5
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	7.16
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	AMD EPYC
Architecture codename	Haswell-EP (2014)	Genoa
Release date	8 September 2014 (9 years ago)	10 November 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$10,625
Current price	$40	$5987 (0.6x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2673 V3 and EPYC 9654P 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)	96
Threads	24	192
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	3.7 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	30 MB (shared)	384 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	5 nm, 6 nm
Die size	356 mm2	12x 72 mm2
Number of transistors	2,600 million	78,840 million
64 bit support	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2673 V3 and EPYC 9654P 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	2011-3	SP5
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	360 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2673 V3 and EPYC 9654P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
TSX	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2673 V3 and EPYC 9654P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2673 V3 and EPYC 9654P are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2673 V3 and EPYC 9654P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR42133 MHz Quad-channel	DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size	no data	6 TiB
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	460.8 GB/s

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2673 V3 and EPYC 9654P.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
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.

EPYC 9654P outperforms Xeon E5-2673 V3 by 701% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	9.20	73.67
Recency	8 September 2014	10 November 2022
Physical cores	12	96
Threads	24	192
Chip lithography	22 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	360 Watt

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