AMD EPYC 9124
Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4
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AMD EPYC 9124 vs Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q4/2022
AMD EPYC 9124
AMD EPYC 9124
Released
Q1/2016
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Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4
Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4

What's the best choice AMD EPYC 9124 or Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD EPYC 9124 has a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. 16 / 32 Cores. Power consumption of 200 W. Released in Q4/2022.

Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4 has a maximum frequency of 2.20 GHz. 12 Cores. Power consumption of 105 W. Released in Q1/2016.

Differences

AMD EPYC 9124 Reasons to consider
AMD EPYC 9124
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  • Higher clock speed

    Around 27% better clock speed

    3.00 GHz left arrow 2.20 GHz
  • More number of cores

    4 times more cores

    16 left arrow 12
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 22% better overclocked clock speed

    3.70 GHz left arrow 2.90 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD EPYC 9124 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    511 left arrow score
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.53 times less performance per watt

    105 W left arrow 200 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    715 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    194 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    348 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    71 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    272 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    81 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    354 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD EPYC 9124 AMD EPYC 9124
Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Family
    AMD EPYC left arrow Intel Xeon E5
  • CPU group
    AMD EPYC 9004 left arrow Intel Xeon E5 v4
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 6
  • Predecessor
    -- left arrow Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Frequency
    3.00 GHz left arrow 2.20 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4 and AMD EPYC 9124. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR5-4800 left arrow DDR4-2400
  • Max. Memory
    6144 GB left arrow
  • Memory channels
    12 left arrow 4
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD EPYC 9124 and Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    200 W left arrow 105 W
  • TDP up
    240 W left arrow --
  • Tjunction max.
    100 °C left arrow --
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD EPYC 9124 and AMD EPYC 9124, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Technology
    5 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    SP5 left arrow LGA 2011-3
  • L2-Cache
    16.00 MB left arrow --
  • L3-Cache
    64.00 MB left arrow 30.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Genoa (Zen 4) left arrow Broadwell E
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, BFLOAT16, VNNI left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • Release date
    Q4/2022 left arrow Q1/2016
  • Part Number
    100-000000802 left arrow --

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD EPYC 9124 and Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

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