EPYC 9455 vs Xeon Silver 4210R

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4210R and EPYC 9455 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	787	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	28.51	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	no data
Power efficiency	9.01	no data
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Turin (2024)
Release date	24 February 2020 (4 years ago)	10 October 2024 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	$511	$5,412

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4210R and EPYC 9455 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)	48 (Octatetraconta-Core)
Threads	20	96
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	3.15 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	4.4 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	24	no data
L1 cache	640 KB	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	10 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	13.75 MB	192 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	4 nm
Die size	no data	6x 70.6 mm2
Maximum core temperature	84 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	49,890 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4210R and EPYC 9455 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	2
Socket	FCLGA3647	SP5
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	300 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4210R and EPYC 9455. 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	+
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4210R and EPYC 9455 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 9455 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 4210R and EPYC 9455. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR5
Maximum memory size	1 TB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

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 9455.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	48	128

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	24 February 2020	10 October 2024
Physical cores	10	48
Threads	20	96
Chip lithography	14 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	300 Watt

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