EPYC 9334 vs Xeon Silver 4112

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4112 and EPYC 9334 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1296	50
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.01	17.01
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	AMD EPYC
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Genoa
Release date	11 July 2017 (6 years ago)	10 November 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$473	$2,990
Current price	$295 (0.6x MSRP)	$2450 (0.8x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

EPYC 9334 has 240% better value for money than Xeon Silver 4112.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4112 and EPYC 9334 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)	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads	8	64
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	3.9 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	8.25 MB	128 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm, 6 nm
Die size	no data	4x 72 mm2
Maximum core temperature	76 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	52,560 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4112 and EPYC 9334 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	FCLGA3647	SP5
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	210 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4112 and EPYC 9334. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4112 and EPYC 9334 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 Silver 4112 and EPYC 9334 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 Silver 4112 and EPYC 9334. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size	768 GB	6 TiB
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	460.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4112 and EPYC 9334.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	48	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 9334 outperforms Xeon Silver 4112 by 905% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	4.17	41.92
Recency	11 July 2017	10 November 2022
Physical cores	4	32
Threads	8	64
Cost	$473	$2990
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	210 Watt

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