AMD EPYC 7203 vs Xeon E6540

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AMD EPYC 7203

Intel Xeon E6540

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7203 with 8 cores 2.8GHz and Xeon E6540 with 6 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 13 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 1333)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 18MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 45nm)

Xeon E6540 's Advantages

Lower TDP (105W vs 120W)

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AMD EPYC 7203

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Xeon E6540

General Parameters

Sep 2023

Release Date

Mar 2010

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Milan

Core Architecture

Nehalem-EX

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1567

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 3 (Milan))

Generation

Xeon(Beckton)

Package

8.3 billions

Transistor Count

2.3 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

45 nm

120 W

Power Consumption

105 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

2x81 mm²

Die Size

684 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

2.266 GHz

8

Total Core Count

6

16

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

28.0

Multiplier

15.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

256 KB per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

18 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

4

Cores per CCD

-

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR3-1333

8

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

2

128

PCIe Lanes

-

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