EPYC 9334 vs Xeon Silver 4114
Aggregate performance score
EPYC 9334 outperforms Xeon Silver 4114 by a whopping 394% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Xeon Silver 4114 and EPYC 9334 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 908 | 63 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 6.56 | 10.93 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon Silver | AMD EPYC |
| Power efficiency | 9.20 | 18.40 |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (server) (2017−2018) | Genoa (2022−2023) |
| Release date | 11 July 2017 (7 years ago) | 10 November 2022 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $694 | $2,990 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
EPYC 9334 has 67% better value for money than Xeon Silver 4114.
Detailed specifications
Xeon Silver 4114 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 | 10 (Deca-Core) | 32 (Dotriaconta-Core) |
| Threads | 20 | 64 |
| Base clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 2.7 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3 GHz | 3.9 GHz |
| Multiplier | 22 | 27 |
| L1 cache | 640 KB | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 10 MB | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 13.75 MB | 128 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 5 nm, 6 nm |
| Die size | no data | 4x 72 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 78 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 52,560 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Silver 4114 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 4114 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 | + | - |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Security technologies
Xeon Silver 4114 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 4114 and EPYC 9334 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 Silver 4114 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 | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4114 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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 8.26 | 40.82 |
| Recency | 11 July 2017 | 10 November 2022 |
| Physical cores | 10 | 32 |
| Threads | 20 | 64 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | 210 Watt |
Xeon Silver 4114 has 147.1% lower power consumption.
EPYC 9334, on the other hand, has a 394.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 220% more physical cores and 220% more threads, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.
The EPYC 9334 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Silver 4114 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Silver 4114 and EPYC 9334, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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