AMD EPYC 7281 vs Intel Xeon E5 2403

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AMD EPYC 7281 Intel Xeon E5 2403

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7281 with 16 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2403 with 4 cores 1.8GHz . 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 5 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2666 vs DDR3)

Higher base frequency (2.1GHz vs 1.8GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 10MB)

Intel Xeon E5 2403 's Advantages

Lower TDP (80W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7281 +60%

560

Intel Xeon E5 2403

349

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7281

456

Intel Xeon E5 2403 +144%

1116

AMD EPYC 7281

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Intel Xeon E5 2403

General Parameters

Jun 2017

Release Date

May 2012

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge-EN

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1356

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EN)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

1.27 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1356

170 W

Power Consumption

80 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

294 mm²

FCLGA-4094

Package

-

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.8 GHz

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

0

16

Total Core Count

4

32

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

18.0

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

10 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

-

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