EPYC 7543P vs Xeon Silver 4210R

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4210R and EPYC 7543P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	728	46
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	24.97	21.42
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	AMD EPYC
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Milan (2021)
Release date	24 February 2020 (4 years ago)	15 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$511	$2,730
Current price	$427 (0.8x MSRP)	$2018 (0.7x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4210R has 17% better value for money than EPYC 7543P.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4210R and EPYC 7543P 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	2.4 GHz	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	640 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	10 MB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	13.75 MB	256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm+
Die size	no data	8x 81 mm2
Maximum core temperature	84 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	33,200 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4210R and EPYC 7543P 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	no data	1
Socket	FCLGA3647	SP3
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	225 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4210R and EPYC 7543P. 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	Launched	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4210R and EPYC 7543P 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 4210R and EPYC 7543P 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 4210R and EPYC 7543P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	1 TB	4 TiB
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	204.795 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4210R and EPYC 7543P.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
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 7543P outperforms Xeon Silver 4210R by 341% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	9.77	43.12
Recency	24 February 2020	15 March 2021
Physical cores	10	32
Threads	20	64
Cost	$511	$2730
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	225 Watt

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