Intel Xeon E7 8890 v3 vs AMD EPYC 7203

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We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E7 8890 v3 with 18 cores 2.5GHz and AMD EPYC 7203 with 8 cores 2.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7203 's Advantages

Released 8 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.5GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 45MB)

Lower TDP (120W vs 165W)

Score

Intel Xeon E7 8890 v3

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AMD EPYC 7203

General Parameters

Jun 2015

Release Date

Sep 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Haswell-EX

Core Architecture

Milan

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E7 (Haswell-EX)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 3 (Milan))

Package

1.4 billions

Transistor Count

8.3 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

165 W

Power Consumption

120 W

79 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

160 mm²

Die Size

2x81 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

12 nm

-

I/O Die Size

416 mm²

FC-LGA12C

Package

FCLGA-4094

CPU Performance

2.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

18

Total Core Count

8

36

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

25.0

Multiplier

28.0

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

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

Cores per CCD

4

8

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3,

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

4

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

4

32

PCIe Lanes

128

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