Intel Xeon E5 2670 vs AMD EPYC 7272

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Intel Xeon E5 2670 AMD EPYC 7272

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2670 with 8 cores 2.6GHz and AMD EPYC 7272 with 12 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2670 's Advantages

Lower TDP (115W vs 120W)

AMD EPYC 7272 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 20MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2670 +24%

847

AMD EPYC 7272

683

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2670 +37%

5826

AMD EPYC 7272

4227

Intel Xeon E5 2670

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AMD EPYC 7272

General Parameters

Mar 2012

Release Date

Aug 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge-EP

Core Architecture

Rome

Intel Socket 2011

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Package

2.27 billions

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

Intel Socket 2011

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

115 W

Power Consumption

120 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

435 mm²

Die Size

74 mm²

FC-LGA10

Package

FCLGA-4094

CPU Performance

2.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.6 GHz

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

8

Total Core Count

12

16

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

26.0

Multiplier

26.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

20 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

4

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

4

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