AMD EPYC 7252 vs Intel Xeon E3 1235

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AMD EPYC 7252 Intel Xeon E3 1235

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7252 with 8 cores 2.8GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1235 with 4 cores 3.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7252 's Advantages

Released 8 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 8MB)

Intel Xeon E3 1235 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.8GHz)

Lower TDP (95W vs 120W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7252 +94%

1219

Intel Xeon E3 1235

626

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7252 +180%

5929

Intel Xeon E3 1235

2110

AMD EPYC 7252

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Intel Xeon E3 1235

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Apr 2011

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1155

N/A

Integrated Graphics

Intel HD P3000

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon E3 (Sandy Bridge)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

1.16 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1155

120 W

Power Consumption

95 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

216 mm²

FCLGA-4094

Package

FC-LGA10

CPU Performance

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

8

Total Core Count

4

16

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

28.0

Multiplier

32.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

16

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