AMD EPYC 7203 vs Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3

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AMD EPYC 7203

Intel Xeon E5-2686 v3

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7203 with 8 cores 2.8GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3 with 18 cores 2GHz . 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 9 years late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2133)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 45MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 22nm)

Score

AMD EPYC 7203

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Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3

General Parameters

Sep 2023

Release Date

Sep 2014

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Milan

Core Architecture

Haswell-EP

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 3 (Milan))

Generation

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Package

8.3 billions

Transistor Count

2.6 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

120 W

Power Consumption

120 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

83 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

2x81 mm²

Die Size

356 mm²

12 nm

I/O Process Size

-

416 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

8

Total Core Count

18

16

Total Thread Count

36

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

28.0

Multiplier

20.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

45 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

4

Cores per CCD

-

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR3,DDR4-2133

8

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

3

128

PCIe Lanes

40

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