Intel Xeon E5 4640 v3 vs AMD EPYC Embedded 3255

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Intel Xeon E5 4640 v3 AMD EPYC Embedded 3255

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 4640 v3 with 12 cores 1.9GHz and AMD EPYC Embedded 3255 with 8 cores 2.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 4640 v3 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 16MB)

AMD EPYC Embedded 3255 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2666 vs DDR4-1866)

Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 1.9GHz)

Lower TDP (55W vs 105W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 4640 v3

469

AMD EPYC Embedded 3255 +86%

874

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 4640 v3

1782

AMD EPYC Embedded 3255 +184%

5069

Intel Xeon E5 4640 v3

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AMD EPYC Embedded 3255

General Parameters

Jun 2015

Release Date

Feb 2018

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Haswell-EP

Core Architecture

Zen

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

AMD BGA SP4r2

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Generation

EPYC Embedded (Zen (Snowy Owl))

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

AMD BGA SP4r2

105 W

Power Consumption

55 W

78 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

356 mm²

Die Size

213 mm²

FC-LGA12A

Package

SP4r2

CPU Performance

1.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

2.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.1 GHz

12

Total Core Count

8

24

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

19.0

Multiplier

25.0

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

16 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

4

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-1866

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

4

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

40

PCIe Lanes

32

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