Intel Xeon E5 2603 v3 vs AMD EPYC 7401

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We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2603 v3 with 6 cores 1.6GHz and AMD EPYC 7401 with 24 cores 2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2603 v3 's Advantages

Lower TDP (85W vs 170W)

AMD EPYC 7401 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2666 vs DDR4-1600)

Higher base frequency (2GHz vs 1.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 15MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2603 v3

558

AMD EPYC 7401 +38%

771

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2603 v3 +94%

2541

AMD EPYC 7401

1304

Intel Xeon E5 2603 v3

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AMD EPYC 7401

General Parameters

Sep 2014

Release Date

Jun 2017

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Haswell-EP

Core Architecture

Naples

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

85 W

Power Consumption

170 W

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Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

356 mm²

Die Size

213 mm²

FC-LGA12A

Package

FCLGA-4094

CPU Performance

1.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3 GHz

6

Total Core Count

24

6

Total Thread Count

48

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

16.0

Multiplier

20.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

15 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-1600

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

4

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

40

PCIe Lanes

-

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