AMD EPYC 7251 vs Intel Xeon E5 2420 v2

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AMD EPYC 7251

Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7251 with 8 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2420 v2 with 6 cores 2.2GHz . 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 3 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (2400 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 15MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)

Intel Xeon E5 2420 v2 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.2GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Lower TDP (80W vs 120W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7251 +60%

781

Intel Xeon E5 2420 v2

487

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7251 +55%

3651

Intel Xeon E5 2420 v2

2350

AMD EPYC 7251

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Intel Xeon E5 2420 v2

General Parameters

Jun 2017

Release Date

Sep 2013

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Ivy Bridge-EN

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1356

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon E5 (Ivy Bridge-EN)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

1.4 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

120 W

Power Consumption

80 W

81 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

160 mm²

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

0

8

Total Core Count

6

16

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

22.0

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

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2400

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

-

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