EPYC 9655 vs Xeon E5-2685 v3

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2685 v3 and EPYC 9655 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking932not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency6.39no data
Architecture codenameHaswell-EP (2014−2015)Turin (2024)
Release date8 September 2014 (10 years ago)10 October 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$11,852

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2685 v3 and EPYC 9655 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)96
Threads12192
Base clock speed2.6 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz4.5 GHz
Bus rate9.6 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache30 MB (shared)384 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm4 nm
Die size356 mm212x 70.6 mm2
Maximum core temperature85 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,600 million99,780 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range0.65V–1.3Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2685 v3 and EPYC 9655 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 configuration22
SocketFCLGA2011-3SP5
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt400 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2685 v3 and EPYC 9655. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2685 v3 and EPYC 9655 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 E5-2685 v3 and EPYC 9655 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 E5-2685 v3 and EPYC 9655. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133DDR5
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth68 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2685 v3 and EPYC 9655.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes40128

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 September 2014 10 October 2024
Physical cores 12 96
Threads 12 192
Chip lithography 22 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 400 Watt

Xeon E5-2685 v3 has 233.3% lower power consumption.

EPYC 9655, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads, and a 450% more advanced lithography process.

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