AMD EPYC 7281 vs Intel Xeon E5 1428L v2

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AMD EPYC 7281

Intel Xeon E5-1428L v2

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7281 with 16 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Xeon E5 1428L v2 with 6 cores 2.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7281 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 1333)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 15MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)

Intel Xeon E5 1428L v2 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.2GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Lower TDP (60W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7281 +45%

560

Intel Xeon E5 1428L v2

385

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7281

456

Intel Xeon E5 1428L v2 +317%

1904

AMD EPYC 7281

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Intel Xeon E5 1428L v2

General Parameters

Jun 2017

Release Date

Jan 2014

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Ivy Bridge-EN

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1356

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon E5 (Ivy Bridge-EN)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

1.86 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

60 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

80 °C

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

257 mm²

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.7 GHz

16

Total Core Count

6

32

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

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

15 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR3-1333

8

Max Memory Channels

3

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

24

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