AMD EPYC 7281 vs Intel Xeon E5 2623 v3

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AMD EPYC 7281

Intel Xeon E5-2623 v3

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7281 with 16 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2623 v3 with 4 cores 3GHz . 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 2 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 1866)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 10MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)

Intel Xeon E5 2623 v3 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Lower TDP (105W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7281

560

Intel Xeon E5 2623 v3 +108%

1168

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7281

456

Intel Xeon E5 2623 v3 +1093%

5443

AMD EPYC 7281

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Intel Xeon E5 2623 v3

General Parameters

Jun 2017

Release Date

Sep 2014

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Haswell-EP

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

2.6 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

105 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

356 mm²

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3 GHz

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

16

Total Core Count

4

32

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

30.0

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

DDR4-1866

8

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

40

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