AMD EPYC 7272 vs Intel Xeon E7 8870

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AMD EPYC 7272

Intel Xeon E7-8870

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7272 with 12 cores 2.6GHz and Intel Xeon E7 8870 with 10 cores 2.4GHz . 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 8 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 30MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)

Lower TDP (120W vs 130W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7272 +85%

683

Intel Xeon E7 8870

369

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7272 +38%

4227

Intel Xeon E7 8870

3059

AMD EPYC 7272

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Intel Xeon E7 8870

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Apr 2011

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Westmere-EX

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1567

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon E7 (Westmere-EX)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

2.6 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

120 W

Power Consumption

130 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

513 mm²

CPU Performance

2.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.8 GHz

12

Total Core Count

10

24

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

26.0

Multiplier

18.0

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

30 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

8

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

-

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