AMD EPYC 7261 vs Xeon E7 8850

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AMD EPYC 7261

Intel Xeon E7-8850

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7261 with 8 cores 2.5GHz and Xeon E7 8850 with 10 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 7 years and 2 months late

Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 1333)

Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 24MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)

Xeon E7 8850 's Advantages

Lower TDP (130W vs 170W)

Score

AMD EPYC 7261

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Xeon E7 8850

General Parameters

Jun 2018

Release Date

Apr 2011

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Westmere-EX

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1567

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon E7(Westmere-EX)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

2.6 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

130 W

81 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

513 mm²

CPU Performance

2.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.4 GHz

8

Total Core Count

10

16

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

25.0

Multiplier

15.0

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

24 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

8

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR3-1333

8

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

-

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