Intel Xeon E5 1603 v3 vs AMD EPYC 7272

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We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 1603 v3 with 4 cores 2.8GHz and AMD EPYC 7272 with 12 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 1603 v3 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.6GHz)

AMD EPYC 7272 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-1866)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 10MB)

Lower TDP (120W vs 140W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 1603 v3 +32%

908

AMD EPYC 7272

683

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 1603 v3

2958

AMD EPYC 7272 +42%

4227

Intel Xeon E5 1603 v3

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AMD EPYC 7272

General Parameters

Sep 2014

Release Date

Aug 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Haswell-EP

Core Architecture

Rome

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

140 W

Power Consumption

120 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

356 mm²

Die Size

74 mm²

-

Package

FCLGA-4094

CPU Performance

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.6 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

4

Total Core Count

12

4

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

28.0

Multiplier

26.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

10 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-1866

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

4

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

4

40

PCIe Lanes

-

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