Intel Xeon E3 1280 v3 vs AMD EPYC 7501

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We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E3 1280 v3 with 4 cores 3.6GHz and AMD EPYC 7501 with 32 cores 2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E3 1280 v3 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2GHz)

Lower TDP (82W vs 170W)

AMD EPYC 7501 's Advantages

Released 4 years late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2666 vs DDR3)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 8MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E3 1280 v3 +81%

1226

AMD EPYC 7501

675

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E3 1280 v3 +486%

4019

AMD EPYC 7501

685

Intel Xeon E3 1280 v3

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AMD EPYC 7501

General Parameters

Jun 2013

Release Date

Jun 2017

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Haswell-WS

Core Architecture

Naples

Intel Socket 1150

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E3 (Haswell-WS)

Generation

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Package

1.4 billions

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

Intel Socket 1150

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

82 W

Power Consumption

170 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

160 mm²

Die Size

213 mm²

FC-LGA12C

Package

FCLGA-4094

CPU Performance

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3 GHz

4

Total Core Count

32

8

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36.0

Multiplier

20.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3,

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

2

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

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