Intel Xeon E5 1620 vs AMD Threadripper PRO 7975WX

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Intel Xeon E5 1620 AMD Threadripper PRO 7975WX

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 1620 with 4 cores 3.6GHz and AMD Threadripper PRO 7975WX with 32 cores 4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 1620 's Advantages

Lower TDP (130W vs 350W)

AMD Threadripper PRO 7975WX 's Advantages

Released 11 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (4GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 10MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 1620

690

AMD Threadripper PRO 7975WX +289%

2687

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 1620

2533

AMD Threadripper PRO 7975WX +669%

19501

Intel Xeon E5 1620

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AMD Threadripper PRO 7975WX

General Parameters

Mar 2012

Release Date

Oct 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge-E

Core Architecture

Storm Peak

Intel Socket 2011

Socket

AMD Socket sTR5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-E)

Generation

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 4 (Storm Peak))

Package

1.27 billions

Transistor Count

26.28 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

Intel Socket 2011

Socket

AMD Socket sTR5

130 W

Power Consumption

350 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

294 mm²

Die Size

4x71 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

388 mm²

FC-LGA10

Package

FC-LGA4844

CPU Performance

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4 GHz

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.3 GHz

4

Total Core Count

32

8

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36.0

Multiplier

40.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

32 MB

10 MB shared

L3 Cache

128 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

-

Max Memory Size

2 TB

4

Max Memory Channels

8

-

Max Memory Bandwidth

332.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

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Official Website

AMD Threadripper PRO 7975WX

3

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

128

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