AMD EPYC 7251 vs Intel Xeon E5 4660 v3

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AMD EPYC 7251

Intel Xeon E5-4660 v3

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7251 with 8 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Xeon E5 4660 v3 with 14 cores 2.1GHz . 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 late

Higher specification of memory (2400 vs 2133)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)

Intel Xeon E5 4660 v3 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (35MB vs 32MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7251 +5%

781

Intel Xeon E5 4660 v3

743

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7251 +155%

3651

Intel Xeon E5 4660 v3

1428

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7251

537

Intel Xeon E5 4660 v3 +41%

758

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7251

540

Intel Xeon E5 4660 v3 +2154%

12173

AMD EPYC 7251

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Intel Xeon E5 4660 v3

General Parameters

Jun 2017

Release Date

Jun 2015

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

120 W

Power Consumption

120 W

81 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

83 °C

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

356 mm²

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.9 GHz

8

Total Core Count

14

16

Total Thread Count

28

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

21.0

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

35 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

4

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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