AMD EPYC 7663 vs Intel Xeon E5 2620 v3
We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7663 with 56 cores 2GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2620 v3 with 6 cores 2.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD EPYC 7663 's Advantages
Released 6 years and 6 months late
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 1866)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 15MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 22nm)
Intel Xeon E5 2620 v3 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 2GHz)
Lower TDP (85W vs 240W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD EPYC 7663
777
Intel Xeon E5 2620 v3
+32%
1032
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD EPYC 7663
+70%
6330
Intel Xeon E5 2620 v3
3719
General Parameters
Mar 2021
Release Date
Sep 2014
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Server
Type
Server
Milan
Core Architecture
Haswell-EP
AMD Socket SP3
Socket
Intel Socket 2011-3
N/A
Integrated Graphics
N/A
EPYC (Zen 3 (Milan))
Generation
Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)
Package
33.2 billions
Transistor Count
2.6 billions
7 nm
Manufacturing Process
22 nm
240 W
Power Consumption
85 W
TSMC
Foundry
Intel
8x81 mm²
Die Size
356 mm²
12 nm
I/O Process Size
-
416 mm²
I/O Die Size
-
CPU Performance
2 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
3.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.2 GHz
56
Total Core Count
6
112
Total Thread Count
12
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
20.0
Multiplier
24.0
64 KB per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
512 KB per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
256 MB shared
L3 Cache
15 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
7
Cores per CCD
-
2
SMP
2
Memory Parameters
DDR4-3200
Memory Types
DDR4-1866
8
Max Memory Channels
4
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Miscellaneous
4
PCIe Version
3
128
PCIe Lanes
40
