AMD EPYC 7261 vs Intel Xeon E3 1285 v6

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AMD EPYC 7261

Intel Xeon E3-1285 v6

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7261 with 8 cores 2.5GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1285 v6 with 4 cores 4.1GHz . 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 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 4)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 8MB)

Intel Xeon E3 1285 v6 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (4.1GHz vs 2.5GHz)

Lower TDP (79W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7261

722

Intel Xeon E3 1285 v6 +77%

1279

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7261

3798

Intel Xeon E3 1285 v6 +30%

4964

AMD EPYC 7261

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Intel Xeon E3 1285 v6

General Parameters

Jun 2018

Release Date

Aug 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Kaby Lake-DT

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics P630

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon E3 (Kaby Lake-DT)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

1.4 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

79 W

81 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

160 mm²

CPU Performance

2.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.1 GHz

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 GHz

8

Total Core Count

4

16

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

25.0

Multiplier

41.0

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

DDR4

8

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

16

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