AMD EPYC 9965 vs Xeon E5462
We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9965 with 192 cores 2.25GHz and Xeon E5462 with 4 cores 2.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD EPYC 9965 's Advantages
Released 16 years and 11 months late
Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 45nm)
Xeon E5462 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.25GHz)
Lower TDP (80W vs 500W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD EPYC 9965
+497%
2110
Xeon E5462
353
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD EPYC 9965
+1790%
18619
Xeon E5462
985
General Parameters
Oct 2024
Release Date
Nov 2007
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Server
Type
Server
Turin
Core Architecture
Harpertown
AMD Socket SP5
Socket
Intel Socket 771
N/A
Integrated Graphics
N/A
EPYC(Zen 5c (Turin))
Generation
Xeon (Harpertown)
Package
Transistor Count
0.82 billions
3 nm
Manufacturing Process
45 nm
500 W
Power Consumption
80 W
TSMC
Foundry
Intel
mm²
Die Size
2x107 mm²
6 nm
I/O Process Size
-
mm²
I/O Die Size
-
CPU Performance
192
Performance Cores
-
384
Performance Core Threads
-
2.25 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.8 GHz
3.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
0
192
Total Core Count
4
384
Total Thread Count
4
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
400 MHz
22.5
Multiplier
7.0
80 KB per core
L1 Cache
64 KB per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
6 MB per die
384 MB shared
L3 Cache
-
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
2
SMP
2
Memory Parameters
DDR5-6000
Memory Types
DDR2, DDR3
Depends on motherboard
6 TB
Max Memory Size
-
12
Max Memory Channels
2
576 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
