Intel Xeon E3 1270 v5 vs AMD EPYC 9684X

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We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E3 1270 v5 with 4 cores 3.6GHz and AMD EPYC 9684X with 96 cores 2.55GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E3 1270 v5 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.55GHz)

Lower TDP (80W vs 400W)

AMD EPYC 9684X 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (1152MB vs 8MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E3 1270 v5

1224

AMD EPYC 9684X +71%

2097

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E3 1270 v5

4180

AMD EPYC 9684X +404%

21077

Intel Xeon E3 1270 v5

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AMD EPYC 9684X

General Parameters

Oct 2015

Release Date

Jun 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Skylake-DT

Core Architecture

Genoa-X

Intel Socket 1151

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E3 (Skylake-DT)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))

Package

1.75 billions

Transistor Count

135.24 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

Intel Socket 1151

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

80 W

Power Consumption

400 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

122 mm²

Die Size

12x72 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

397 mm²

FC-LGA14C

Package

FC-LGA6096

CPU Performance

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.55 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

4

Total Core Count

96

8

Total Thread Count

192

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36.0

Multiplier

25.5

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

1152 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3,

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

2

Max Memory Channels

12

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

5

16

PCIe Lanes

128

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