AMD EPYC 7232P vs Intel Xeon E5 1620 v2

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We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7232P with 8 cores 3.1GHz and Intel Xeon E5 1620 v2 with 4 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7232P 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR3-1866)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 10MB)

Lower TDP (120W vs 130W)

Intel Xeon E5 1620 v2 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.1GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7232P

607

Intel Xeon E5 1620 v2 +13%

690

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7232P

953

Intel Xeon E5 1620 v2 +165%

2533

AMD EPYC 7232P

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Intel Xeon E5 1620 v2

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Sep 2013

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Ivy Bridge-E

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon E5 (Ivy Bridge-E)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

1.86 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011

120 W

Power Consumption

130 W

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Peak Operating Temperature

70 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

257 mm²

FCLGA-4094

Package

FC-LGA12A

CPU Performance

3.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

8

Total Core Count

4

16

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

31.0

Multiplier

37.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

10 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR3-1866

8

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

3

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