Intel Xeon E5 2690 vs AMD EPYC 9754S

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Intel Xeon E5 2690 AMD EPYC 9754S

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2690 with 8 cores 2.9GHz and AMD EPYC 9754S with 128 cores 2.25GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2690 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.25GHz)

Lower TDP (135W vs 360W)

AMD EPYC 9754S 's Advantages

Released 11 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 20MB)

Score

Intel Xeon E5 2690

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AMD EPYC 9754S

General Parameters

Mar 2012

Release Date

Jun 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge-EP

Core Architecture

Bergamo

Intel Socket 2011

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 4c (Bergamo))

Package

2.27 billions

Transistor Count

71 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

Intel Socket 2011

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

135 W

Power Consumption

360 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

435 mm²

Die Size

8x73 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

397 mm²

FC-LGA10

Package

FC-LGA6096

CPU Performance

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.25 GHz

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.1 GHz

8

Total Core Count

128

16

Total Thread Count

256

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

22.5

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

20 MB shared

L3 Cache

256 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

4

Max Memory Channels

12

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

128

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