Intel Xeon E3 1220 v2 vs AMD EPYC 9254

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We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E3 1220 v2 with 4 cores 3.1GHz and AMD EPYC 9254 with 24 cores 2.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E3 1220 v2 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.1GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Lower TDP (69W vs 200W)

AMD EPYC 9254 's Advantages

Released 10 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 8MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E3 1220 v2

667

AMD EPYC 9254 +236%

2245

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E3 1220 v2

1192

AMD EPYC 9254 +1425%

18187

Intel Xeon E3 1220 v2

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AMD EPYC 9254

General Parameters

May 2012

Release Date

Nov 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Ivy Bridge

Core Architecture

Genoa

Intel Socket 1155

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E3 (Ivy Bridge)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))

Package

1.4 billions

Transistor Count

26.28 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

Intel Socket 1155

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

69 W

Power Consumption

200 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

160 mm²

Die Size

4x72 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

397 mm²

FC-LGA12C

Package

FC-LGA6096

CPU Performance

3.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.15 GHz

4

Total Core Count

24

4

Total Thread Count

48

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

31.0

Multiplier

29.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

128 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

2

Max Memory Channels

12

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

5

16

PCIe Lanes

128

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