Intel Xeon E3 1270 v5 vs AMD EPYC 7742

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We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E3 1270 v5 with 4 cores 3.6GHz and AMD EPYC 7742 with 64 cores 2.25GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E3 1270 v5 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.25GHz)

Lower TDP (80W vs 225W)

AMD EPYC 7742 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 8MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E3 1270 v5 +202%

1224

AMD EPYC 7742

404

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E3 1270 v5 +2358%

4180

AMD EPYC 7742

170

Intel Xeon E3 1270 v5

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AMD EPYC 7742

General Parameters

Oct 2015

Release Date

Aug 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Skylake-DT

Core Architecture

Rome

Intel Socket 1151

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E3 (Skylake-DT)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Package

1.75 billions

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

Intel Socket 1151

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

80 W

Power Consumption

225 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

122 mm²

Die Size

74 mm²

FC-LGA14C

Package

FCLGA-4094

CPU Performance

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.25 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

4

Total Core Count

64

8

Total Thread Count

128

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36.0

Multiplier

22.5

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

256 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3,

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

2

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

4

16

PCIe Lanes

-

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