Intel Xeon W3690 vs AMD EPYC 7272

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Intel Xeon W3690 AMD EPYC 7272

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon W3690 with 6 cores 3.466GHz and AMD EPYC 7272 with 12 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon W3690 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.466GHz vs 2.6GHz)

AMD EPYC 7272 's Advantages

Released 8 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 12MB)

Lower TDP (120W vs 130W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon W3690

603

AMD EPYC 7272 +13%

683

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon W3690

2684

AMD EPYC 7272 +57%

4227

Intel Xeon W3690

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AMD EPYC 7272

General Parameters

Feb 2011

Release Date

Aug 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Gulftown

Core Architecture

Rome

Intel Socket 1366

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon (Gulftown)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Package

1.17 billions

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

Intel Socket 1366

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

130 W

Power Consumption

120 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

239 mm²

Die Size

74 mm²

FC-LGA10

Package

FCLGA-4094

CPU Performance

3.466 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.6 GHz

3.733 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

6

Total Core Count

12

Total Thread Count

24

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

26.0

Multiplier

26.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

12 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

3

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

4

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