AMD EPYC 7272 vs Intel Xeon E5 2685 v3
We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7272 with 12 cores 2.6GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2685 v3 with 12 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD EPYC 7272 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 11 months late
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2133)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 30MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 22nm)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD EPYC 7272
683
Intel Xeon E5 2685 v3
+47%
1010
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD EPYC 7272
4227
Intel Xeon E5 2685 v3
+31%
5554
General Parameters
Aug 2019
Release Date
Sep 2014
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Server
Type
Server
Rome
Core Architecture
Haswell-EP
AMD Socket SP3
Socket
Intel Socket 2011-3
N/A
Integrated Graphics
N/A
EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))
Generation
Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)
Package
3.8 billions
Transistor Count
2.6 billions
7 nm
Manufacturing Process
22 nm
120 W
Power Consumption
120 W
TSMC
Foundry
Intel
74 mm²
Die Size
356 mm²
CPU Performance
2.6 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.6 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.3 GHz
12
Total Core Count
12
24
Total Thread Count
12
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
26.0
Multiplier
26.0
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
30 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
2
SMP
2
Memory Parameters
DDR4-3200
Memory Types
DDR3,DDR4-2133
8
Max Memory Channels
4
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Miscellaneous
4
PCIe Version
3
-
PCIe Lanes
40
