AMD EPYC 7261 vs Intel Xeon E3 1278L v4

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We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7261 with 8 cores 2.5GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1278L v4 with 4 cores 2GHz . 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 3 years late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2666 vs DDR3)

Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 6MB)

Intel Xeon E3 1278L v4 's Advantages

Lower TDP (47W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7261

722

Intel Xeon E3 1278L v4 +25%

909

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7261

3798

Intel Xeon E3 1278L v4 +4%

3963

AMD EPYC 7261

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Intel Xeon E3 1278L v4

General Parameters

Jun 2018

Release Date

Jun 2015

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Broadwell-DT

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel BGA 1364

N/A

Integrated Graphics

Intel Iris Pro P6300

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon E3 (Broadwell-DT)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel BGA 1364

170 W

Power Consumption

47 W

81 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

182 mm²

FCLGA-4094

Package

FC-BGA14F

CPU Performance

2.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.3 GHz

8

Total Core Count

4

16

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

25.0

Multiplier

20.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 KB per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

6 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

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