Intel Xeon E5 2666 v3 vs EPYC 7272
We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2666 v3 with 10 cores 2.9GHz and EPYC 7272 with 12 cores 2.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
EPYC 7272 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 9 months late
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2133)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 25MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 22nm)
Lower TDP (120W vs 135W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Xeon E5 2666 v3
1046
EPYC 7272
+16%
1217
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Xeon E5 2666 v3
6173
EPYC 7272
+8%
6675
General Parameters
Nov 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
135 W
Power Consumption
120 W
Intel
Foundry
TSMC
356 mm²
Die Size
74 mm²
CPU Performance
2.9 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.9 GHz
3.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.2 GHz
10
Total Core Count
12
20
Total Thread Count
24
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
29.0
Multiplier
29.0
64 K per core
L1 Cache
96 KB per core
256 K per core
L2 Cache
512 KB per core
25 MB shared
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
2
SMP
2
Memory Parameters
DDR4-2133,DDR3-2133
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
4
Max Memory Channels
8
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Miscellaneous
3
PCIe Version
4
40
PCIe Lanes
128
