Intel Xeon E3 1290 v2 vs AMD EPYC 7502P

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We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E3 1290 v2 with 4 cores 3.7GHz and AMD EPYC 7502P with 32 cores 2.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E3 1290 v2 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 2.5GHz)

Lower TDP (87W vs 180W)

AMD EPYC 7502P 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 8MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E3 1290 v2

833

AMD EPYC 7502P +47%

1228

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E3 1290 v2 +28%

2870

AMD EPYC 7502P

2228

Intel Xeon E3 1290 v2

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AMD EPYC 7502P

General Parameters

May 2012

Release Date

Aug 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Ivy Bridge

Core Architecture

Rome

Intel Socket 1155

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E3 (Ivy Bridge)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Package

1.4 billions

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

Intel Socket 1155

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

87 W

Power Consumption

180 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

160 mm²

Die Size

74 mm²

FC-LGA12C

Package

FCLGA-4094

CPU Performance

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.35 GHz

4

Total Core Count

32

8

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

37.0

Multiplier

25.0

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

128 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

2

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

4

16

PCIe Lanes

-

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