EPYC 7713 vs Xeon Silver 4216
Aggregated performance score
EPYC 7713 outperforms Xeon Silver 4216 by 301% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
Primary Details
Comparing Xeon Silver 4216 and EPYC 7713 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 510 | 25 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation | 8.16 | 2.02 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon Silver | AMD EPYC |
| Architecture codename | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) | Milan (2021) |
| Release date | 2 April 2019 (5 years ago) | 15 March 2021 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,002 | $7,060 |
| Current price | $1626 (1.6x MSRP) | $10189 (1.4x MSRP) |
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon Silver 4216 has 304% better value for money than EPYC 7713.
Detailed Specifications
Xeon Silver 4216 and EPYC 7713 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 | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) | 64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core) |
| Threads | 32 | 128 |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 3.68 GHz |
| L1 cache | 1 MB | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 22 MB | 256 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm+ |
| Die size | no data | 8x 81 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 79 °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 4216 and EPYC 7713 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 | SP3 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 225 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4216 and EPYC 7713. 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 4216 and EPYC 7713 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 4216 and EPYC 7713 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 4216 and EPYC 7713. 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 4216 and EPYC 7713.
| 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.
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 7713 outperforms Xeon Silver 4216 by 301% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
EPYC 7713 outperforms Xeon Silver 4216 by 301% in Passmark.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
EPYC 7713 outperforms Xeon Silver 4216 by 53% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
EPYC 7713 outperforms Xeon Silver 4216 by 89% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.
Pros & Cons Summary
| Performance score | 13.33 | 53.45 |
| Recency | 2 April 2019 | 15 March 2021 |
| Physical cores | 16 | 64 |
| Threads | 32 | 128 |
| Cost | $1002 | $7060 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 225 Watt |
The EPYC 7713 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Silver 4216 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Silver 4216 and EPYC 7713, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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