AMD EPYC 7261 vs Intel Xeon E3 1230 v5

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We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7261 with 8 cores 2.5GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1230 v5 with 4 cores 3.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7261 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2666 vs DDR3)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 8MB)

Intel Xeon E3 1230 v5 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 2.5GHz)

Lower TDP (80W vs 170W)

Score

AMD EPYC 7261

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Intel Xeon E3 1230 v5

General Parameters

Jun 2018

Release Date

Oct 2015

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Skylake-DT

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon E3 (Skylake-DT)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

1.75 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1151

170 W

Power Consumption

80 W

81 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

122 mm²

FCLGA-4094

Package

FC-LGA14C

CPU Performance

2.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.4 GHz

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

8

Total Core Count

4

16

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

25.0

Multiplier

34.0

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

8 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR3,

8

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

16

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