AMD EPYC 7272 vs Intel Xeon E5 4650

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AMD EPYC 7272 Intel Xeon E5 4650

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7272 with 12 cores 2.6GHz and Intel Xeon E5 4650 with 8 cores 2.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7272 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 20MB)

Lower TDP (120W vs 130W)

Intel Xeon E5 4650 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.7GHz vs 2.6GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7272 +44%

683

Intel Xeon E5 4650

472

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7272 +115%

4227

Intel Xeon E5 4650

1962

AMD EPYC 7272

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Intel Xeon E5 4650

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

May 2012

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge-EP

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

2.27 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011

120 W

Power Consumption

130 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

435 mm²

FCLGA-4094

Package

FC-LGA10

CPU Performance

2.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.7 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.3 GHz

12

Total Core Count

8

24

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

26.0

Multiplier

27.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

4

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

3

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