AMD EPYC 9255 vs Intel Xeon W3670
We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9255 with 24 cores 3.25GHz and Intel Xeon W3670 with 6 cores 3.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD EPYC 9255 's Advantages
Released 14 years and 2 months late
Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)
Higher base frequency (3.25GHz vs 3.2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 12MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 32nm)
Intel Xeon W3670 's Advantages
Lower TDP (130W vs 200W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD EPYC 9255
+386%
2535
Intel Xeon W3670
521
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD EPYC 9255
+803%
22355
Intel Xeon W3670
2473
General Parameters
Oct 2024
Release Date
Aug 2010
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Server
Type
Server
Turin
Core Architecture
Gulftown
AMD Socket SP5
Socket
Intel Socket 1366
N/A
Integrated Graphics
N/A
EPYC(Zen 5 (Turin))
Generation
Xeon (Gulftown)
Package
33.26 billions
Transistor Count
1.17 billions
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
32 nm
200 W
Power Consumption
130 W
TSMC
Foundry
Intel
4x70.6 mm²
Die Size
239 mm²
6 nm
I/O Process Size
-
mm²
I/O Die Size
-
CPU Performance
24
Performance Cores
-
48
Performance Core Threads
-
3.25 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 GHz
4.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.466 GHz
24
Total Core Count
6
48
Total Thread Count
12
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
133 MHz
32.5
Multiplier
24.0
80 KB per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
128 MB shared
L3 Cache
12 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
2
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
DDR5-6000
Memory Types
DDR3
6 TB
Max Memory Size
-
12
Max Memory Channels
3
576 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
