EPYC 7343 vs Xeon Phi 7120A

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Phi 7120A and EPYC 7343 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated174
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data13.20
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataAMD EPYC
Power efficiencyno data13.66
Architecture codenameKnights Corner (2012−2014)Milan (2021−2023)
Release date6 April 2014 (10 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,565

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Phi 7120A and EPYC 7343 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 cores61 (Henihexaconta-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads24432
Base clock speed1.24 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed1.33 GHz3.9 GHz
Multiplierno data32
L1 cache32 KB (per core)1 MB
L2 cache512 KB (per core)8 MB
L3 cache0 KB (shared)128 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm7 nm+
Die size350 mm24x 81 mm2
Number of transistors5,000 million16,600 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Phi 7120A and EPYC 7343 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 configuration12
SocketPCIe x16SP3
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt190 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Phi 7120A and EPYC 7343. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon Phi 7120A and EPYC 7343 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Phi 7120A and EPYC 7343 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Phi 7120A and EPYC 7343. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TiB
Maximum memory bandwidthno data204.795 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Phi 7120A and EPYC 7343.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data128

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 April 2014 12 January 2021
Physical cores 61 16
Threads 244 32
Chip lithography 22 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 190 Watt

Xeon Phi 7120A has 281.3% more physical cores and 662.5% more threads.

EPYC 7343, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 214.3% more advanced lithography process, and 57.9% lower power consumption.

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