Intel Xeon E5 2650L v3 vs AMD EPYC 7642

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We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2650L v3 with 12 cores 1.8GHz and AMD EPYC 7642 with 48 cores 2.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2650L v3 's Advantages

Lower TDP (65W vs 225W)

AMD EPYC 7642 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2133)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 1.8GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 30MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2650L v3

590

AMD EPYC 7642 +101%

1191

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2650L v3

5365

AMD EPYC 7642 +111%

11362

Intel Xeon E5 2650L v3

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AMD EPYC 7642

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

65 W

Power Consumption

225 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

356 mm²

Die Size

74 mm²

FC-LGA12A

Package

FCLGA-4094

CPU Performance

1.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

2.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

12

Total Core Count

48

24

Total Thread Count

96

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

18.0

Multiplier

24.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

30 MB shared

L3 Cache

256 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133

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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