AMD EPYC 7251 vs Intel Xeon E5 2629 v3

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We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7251 with 8 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2629 v3 with 8 cores 2.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7251 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2400 vs DDR3)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 20MB)

Intel Xeon E5 2629 v3 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Lower TDP (85W vs 120W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7251

537

Intel Xeon E5 2629 v3 +51%

813

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7251

540

Intel Xeon E5 2629 v3 +1094%

6450

AMD EPYC 7251

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Intel Xeon E5 2629 v3

General Parameters

Jun 2017

Release Date

Sep 2014

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Haswell-EP

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

2.6 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

120 W

Power Consumption

85 W

81 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

356 mm²

FCLGA-4094

Package

FC-LGA12A

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

8

Total Core Count

8

16

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

24.0

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

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2400

Memory Types

DDR3,

8

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

40

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