AMD EPYC 7232P vs Intel Xeon E3 1280 v5
We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7232P with 8 cores 3.1GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1280 v5 with 4 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD EPYC 7232P 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 10 months late
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 4)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)
Intel Xeon E3 1280 v5 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.1GHz)
Lower TDP (80W vs 120W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD EPYC 7232P
607
Intel Xeon E3 1280 v5
+122%
1348
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD EPYC 7232P
953
Intel Xeon E3 1280 v5
+375%
4533
General Parameters
Aug 2019
Release Date
Oct 2015
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Server
Type
Server
Rome
Core Architecture
Skylake-DT
AMD Socket SP3
Socket
Intel Socket 1151
N/A
Integrated Graphics
N/A
EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))
Generation
Xeon E3 (Skylake-DT)
Package
3.8 billions
Transistor Count
1.75 billions
7 nm
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
120 W
Power Consumption
80 W
TSMC
Foundry
Intel
74 mm²
Die Size
122 mm²
CPU Performance
3.1 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.7 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4 GHz
8
Total Core Count
4
16
Total Thread Count
8
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
31.0
Multiplier
37.0
96 K per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
512 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
32 MB shared
L3 Cache
8 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
DDR4-3200
Memory Types
DDR4
8
Max Memory Channels
2
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Miscellaneous
4
PCIe Version
3
-
PCIe Lanes
16
