AMD EPYC 7251 vs Intel Xeon E3 1268L v5

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We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7251 with 8 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1268L v5 with 4 cores 2.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7251 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2400 vs DDR3)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 8MB)

Intel Xeon E3 1268L v5 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Lower TDP (35W vs 120W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7251

537

Intel Xeon E3 1268L v5 +30%

701

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7251

540

Intel Xeon E3 1268L v5 +407%

2739

AMD EPYC 7251

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Intel Xeon E3 1268L v5

General Parameters

Jun 2017

Release Date

Oct 2015

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Skylake-DT

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics P530

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon E3 (Skylake-DT)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

1.75 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1151

120 W

Power Consumption

35 W

81 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

122 mm²

FCLGA-4094

Package

FC-LGA14C

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

8

Total Core Count

4

16

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

24.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2400

Memory Types

DDR3,

8

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

16

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