AMD EPYC 7261 vs Intel Xeon E5 2630L

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AMD EPYC 7261 Intel Xeon E5 2630L

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7261 with 8 cores 2.5GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2630L with 6 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 6 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2666 vs DDR3)

Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 15MB)

Intel Xeon E5 2630L 's Advantages

Lower TDP (60W vs 170W)

Score

AMD EPYC 7261

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Intel Xeon E5 2630L

General Parameters

Jun 2018

Release Date

Mar 2012

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge-EP

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

2.27 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011

170 W

Power Consumption

60 W

81 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

435 mm²

FCLGA-4094

Package

FC-LGA10

CPU Performance

2.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.5 GHz

8

Total Core Count

6

16

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

25.0

Multiplier

20.0

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

15 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

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