Intel Xeon E5 2696 v3 vs AMD EPYC 73F3

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We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2696 v3 with 18 cores 2.3GHz and AMD EPYC 73F3 with 16 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2696 v3 's Advantages

Lower TDP (145W vs 240W)

AMD EPYC 73F3 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 45MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2696 v3 +94%

976

AMD EPYC 73F3

501

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2696 v3 +262%

8501

AMD EPYC 73F3

2348

Intel Xeon E5 2696 v3

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AMD EPYC 73F3

General Parameters

Sep 2014

Release Date

Mar 2021

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Haswell-EP

Core Architecture

Milan

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 3 (Milan))

Package

5.69 billions

Transistor Count

33.2 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

145 W

Power Consumption

240 W

77 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

622 mm²

Die Size

8x81 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

12 nm

-

I/O Die Size

416 mm²

FC-LGA12A

Package

FCLGA-4094

CPU Performance

2.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

18

Total Core Count

16

36

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

23.0

Multiplier

35.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 KB per core

45 MB shared

L3 Cache

256 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

Cores per CCD

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3,

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

4

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

4

40

PCIe Lanes

128

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