AMD EPYC 9655P vs Xeon X3480
We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9655P with 96 cores 2.6GHz and Xeon X3480 with 4 cores 3.066GHz . 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 14 years and 5 months late
Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 1333)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)
Larger L3 cache size (384MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 45nm)
Xeon X3480 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.066GHz vs 2.6GHz)
Lower TDP (95W vs 400W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD EPYC 9655P
+476%
2831
Xeon X3480
491
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD EPYC 9655P
+1571%
28414
Xeon X3480
1700
General Parameters
Oct 2024
Release Date
May 2010
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Server
Type
Server
Turin
Core Architecture
Lynnfield
AMD Socket SP5
Socket
Intel Socket 1156
N/A
Integrated Graphics
N/A
EPYC(Zen 5 (Turin))
Generation
Xeon(Lynnfield)
Package
99.78 billions
Transistor Count
0.774 billions
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
45 nm
400 W
Power Consumption
95 W
TSMC
Foundry
Intel
12x70.6 mm²
Die Size
296 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
3.066 GHz
4.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.733 GHz
96
Total Core Count
4
192
Total Thread Count
8
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
133 MHz
26.0
Multiplier
23.0
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
8 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
DDR5-6000
Memory Types
DDR3-1333
6 TB
Max Memory Size
-
12
Max Memory Channels
2
576 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
