AMD EPYC 7251 vs Intel Xeon E5 1650 v3

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We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7251 with 8 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Xeon E5 1650 v3 with 6 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7251 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2400 vs DDR4-2133)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 15MB)

Lower TDP (120W vs 140W)

Intel Xeon E5 1650 v3 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7251

781

Intel Xeon E5 1650 v3 +4%

819

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7251

3651

Intel Xeon E5 1650 v3 +56%

5726

AMD EPYC 7251

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Intel Xeon E5 1650 v3

General Parameters

Jun 2017

Release Date

Sep 2014

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Haswell-EP

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

2.6 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

120 W

Power Consumption

140 W

81 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

356 mm²

FCLGA-4094

Package

-

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

8

Total Core Count

6

16

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

35.0

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

15 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2400

Memory Types

DDR4-2133

8

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

40

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