AMD EPYC 7H12 vs Intel Xeon E5 2650 v2

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We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7H12 with 64 cores 2.6GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2650 v2 with 8 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7H12 's Advantages

Released 6 years late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 20MB)

Intel Xeon E5 2650 v2 's Advantages

Lower TDP (95W vs 280W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7H12 +137%

1215

Intel Xeon E5 2650 v2

512

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7H12 +128%

10386

Intel Xeon E5 2650 v2

4542

AMD EPYC 7H12

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Intel Xeon E5 2650 v2

General Parameters

Sep 2019

Release Date

Sep 2013

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Ivy Bridge-EP

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon E5 (Ivy Bridge-EP)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

1.4 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011

280 W

Power Consumption

95 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

160 mm²

FCLGA-4094

Package

-

CPU Performance

2.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.6 GHz

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

64

Total Core Count

8

128

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

26.0

Multiplier

26.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

256 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

3

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