EPYC 9124 vs Xeon Silver 4316

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4316 and EPYC 9124 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	250	155
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	24.84	19.34
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	AMD EPYC
Architecture codename	Ice Lake-SP (2021)	Genoa
Release date	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)	10 November 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,083
Current price	$1335	$1452 (1.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4316 has 28% better value for money than EPYC 9124.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4316 and EPYC 9124 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	20 (Icosa-Core)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	40	32
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.7 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	30 MB (shared)	64 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	10 nm	5 nm, 6 nm
Die size	no data	4x 72 mm2
Maximum core temperature	84 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	84 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	26,280 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4316 and EPYC 9124 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	2
Socket	FCLGA4189	SP5
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	200 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4316 and EPYC 9124. 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
Status	Launched	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4316 and EPYC 9124 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
SGX	Yes with Intel® SPS	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4316 and EPYC 9124 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 4316 and EPYC 9124. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size	6 TB	6 TiB
Max memory channels	8	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	460.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4316 and EPYC 9124.

PCIe version	4.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	64	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 9124 outperforms Xeon Silver 4316 by 40% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	20.26	28.28
Recency	6 April 2021	10 November 2022
Physical cores	20	16
Threads	40	32
Chip lithography	10 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	200 Watt

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