AMD EPYC 9655P vs Xeon E5 2687W v2
We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9655P with 96 cores 2.6GHz 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 9655P 's Advantages
Released 11 years and 1 months late
Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (384MB vs 20MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 22nm)
Xeon E5 2687W v2 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 2.6GHz)
Lower TDP (150W vs 400W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD EPYC 9655P
+329%
2831
Xeon E5 2687W v2
659
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD EPYC 9655P
+539%
28414
Xeon E5 2687W v2
4444
General Parameters
Oct 2024
Release Date
Sep 2013
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Server
Type
Server
Turin
Core Architecture
Ivy Bridge-EP
AMD Socket SP5
Socket
Intel Socket 2011
N/A
Integrated Graphics
N/A
EPYC(Zen 5 (Turin))
Generation
Xeon E5 (Ivy Bridge-EP)
Package
99.78 billions
Transistor Count
1.4 billions
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
22 nm
400 W
Power Consumption
150 W
TSMC
Foundry
Intel
12x70.6 mm²
Die Size
160 mm²
6 nm
I/O Process Size
-
mm²
I/O Die Size
-
CPU Performance
96
Performance Cores
-
192
Performance Core Threads
-
2.6 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.4 GHz
4.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4 GHz
96
Total Core Count
8
192
Total Thread Count
16
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
26.0
Multiplier
34.0
80 KB per core
L1 Cache
64 KB per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
256 KB per core
384 MB shared
L3 Cache
20 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
SMP
2
Memory Parameters
DDR5-6000
Memory Types
DDR3
6 TB
Max Memory Size
-
12
Max Memory Channels
4
576 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
