AMD EPYC 9684X vs Intel Xeon E3 1278L v4
We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9684X with 96 cores 2.55GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1278L v4 with 4 cores 2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD EPYC 9684X 's Advantages
Released 8 years late
Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 1600)
Larger memory bandwidth (460.8GB/s vs 25.6GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (2.55GHz vs 2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (1152MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)
Intel Xeon E3 1278L v4 's Advantages
Lower TDP (47W vs 400W)
Score
General Parameters
Jun 2023
Release Date
Jun 2015
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Server
Type
Server
Genoa-X
Core Architecture
Broadwell-DT
AMD Socket SP5
Socket
Intel BGA 1364
N/A
Integrated Graphics
Intel Iris Pro P6300
EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))
Generation
Xeon E3 (Broadwell-DT)
Package
135.24 billions
Transistor Count
-
5 nm
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
400 W
Power Consumption
47 W
TSMC
Foundry
Intel
12x72 mm²
Die Size
182 mm²
6 nm
I/O Process Size
-
397 mm²
I/O Die Size
-
CPU Performance
2.55 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2 GHz
3.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.3 GHz
96
Total Core Count
4
192
Total Thread Count
8
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
25.5
Multiplier
20.0
64 K per core
L1 Cache
64 KB per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
256 KB per core
1152 MB shared
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
2
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
DDR5-4800
Memory Types
DDR3-1600
12
Max Memory Channels
2
460.8 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
25.6 GB/s
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
