AMD EPYC 7261 vs Intel Xeon E7 8860 v3

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AMD EPYC 7261

Intel Xeon E7-8860 v3

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7261 with 8 cores 2.5GHz and Intel Xeon E7 8860 v3 with 16 cores 2.2GHz . 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 (2666 vs 1866)

Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2.2GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)

Intel Xeon E7 8860 v3 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (40MB vs 32MB)

Lower TDP (140W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7261 +46%

722

Intel Xeon E7 8860 v3

492

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7261 +317%

3798

Intel Xeon E7 8860 v3

910

AMD EPYC 7261

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Intel Xeon E7 8860 v3

General Parameters

Jun 2018

Release Date

Jun 2015

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Haswell-EX

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon E7 (Haswell-EX)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

1.4 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

140 W

81 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

75 °C

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

160 mm²

CPU Performance

2.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

8

Total Core Count

16

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

25.0

Multiplier

22.0

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

40 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

8

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR3,DDR4-1866

8

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

32

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