AMD EPYC 7252 vs Intel Xeon E5 2697 v3

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We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7252 with 8 cores 2.8GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2697 v3 with 14 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7252 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2133)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 35MB)

Lower TDP (120W vs 145W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7252 +7%

1219

Intel Xeon E5 2697 v3

1129

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7252

5929

Intel Xeon E5 2697 v3 +21%

7221

Blender

AMD EPYC 7252

161

Intel Xeon E5 2697 v3 +13%

182

AMD EPYC 7252

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Intel Xeon E5 2697 v3

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Sep 2014

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Haswell-EP

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

2.6 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

120 W

Power Consumption

145 W

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Peak Operating Temperature

77 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

356 mm²

FCLGA-4094

Package

FC-LGA12A

CPU Performance

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.6 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

8

Total Core Count

14

16

Total Thread Count

28

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

28.0

Multiplier

26.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

35 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2133

8

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

40

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