AMD EPYC 7F72 vs Xeon E5 2687W v2
We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7F72 with 24 cores 3.2GHz and Xeon E5 2687W v2 with 8 cores 3.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD EPYC 7F72 's Advantages
Released 6 years and 7 months late
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (192MB vs 20MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 22nm)
Xeon E5 2687W v2 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 3.2GHz)
Lower TDP (150W vs 240W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD EPYC 7F72
+121%
1459
Xeon E5 2687W v2
659
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD EPYC 7F72
+142%
10782
Xeon E5 2687W v2
4444
General Parameters
Apr 2020
Release Date
Sep 2013
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Server
Type
Server
Rome
Core Architecture
Ivy Bridge-EP
AMD Socket SP3
Socket
Intel Socket 2011
N/A
Integrated Graphics
N/A
EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))
Generation
Xeon E5 (Ivy Bridge-EP)
Package
3.8 billions
Transistor Count
1.4 billions
7 nm
Manufacturing Process
22 nm
240 W
Power Consumption
150 W
TSMC
Foundry
Intel
74 mm²
Die Size
160 mm²
CPU Performance
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.4 GHz
3.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4 GHz
24
Total Core Count
8
48
Total Thread Count
16
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
32.0
Multiplier
34.0
96 K per core
L1 Cache
64 KB per core
512 K per core
L2 Cache
256 KB per core
192 MB shared
L3 Cache
20 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
2
SMP
2
Memory Parameters
DDR4-3200
Memory Types
DDR3
8
Max Memory Channels
4
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Miscellaneous
4
PCIe Version
3
