AMD EPYC 7251 vs Intel Xeon L5630

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AMD EPYC 7251

Intel Xeon L5630

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7251 with 8 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Xeon L5630 with 4 cores 2.133GHz . 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 7 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (2400 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon L5630 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.133GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Lower TDP (40W vs 120W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7251 +93%

781

Intel Xeon L5630

403

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7251 +62%

3651

Intel Xeon L5630

2253

AMD EPYC 7251

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Intel Xeon L5630

General Parameters

Jun 2017

Release Date

Mar 2010

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Westmere-EP

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1366

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon (Westmere-EP)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

1.17 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

120 W

Power Consumption

40 W

81 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

239 mm²

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.133 GHz

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.4 GHz

8

Total Core Count

4

16

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

16.0

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

12 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2400

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

3

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

2

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