EPYC 7H12 vs Xeon L5506

Place in performance ranking	1665	39
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	24.96	22.31
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	AMD EPYC
Architecture codename	Gainestown (2009−2010)	Zen 2 (2019−2020)
Release date	March 2009 (15 years ago)	18 September 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$125	no data
Current price	$131 (1x MSRP)	$1970

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon L5506 has 12% better value for money than EPYC 7H12.

Technical specs

Xeon L5506 and EPYC 7H12 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	4 (Quad-Core)	64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads	4	128
Base clock speed	2.13 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.13 GHz	3.3 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	96K (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	7 nm, 14 nm
Die size	263 mm²	192 mm²
Maximum core temperature	70 °C	no data
Number of transistors	731 million	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes

Compatibility

Information on Xeon L5506 and EPYC 7H12 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	FCLGA1366	TR4
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	280 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L5506 and EPYC 7H12. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	no data	+
AVX	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	40 Bit	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Xeon L5506 and EPYC 7H12 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 L5506 and EPYC 7H12 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon L5506 and EPYC 7H12. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4 Eight-channel
Maximum memory size	144 GB	4 TiB
Max memory channels	3	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	19.2 GB/s	204.763 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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.

Xeon L5506 2.40

EPYC 7H12 45.03
+1776%

EPYC 7H12 outperforms Xeon L5506 by 1776% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Xeon L5506 3706

EPYC 7H12 69633
+1779%

EPYC 7H12 outperforms Xeon L5506 by 1779% in Passmark.