AMD EPYC 7281 vs Intel Xeon E7 4850 v3

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AMD EPYC 7281

Intel Xeon E7-4850 v3

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7281 with 16 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Xeon E7 4850 v3 with 14 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 2 years late

Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 1866)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)

Intel Xeon E7 4850 v3 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.2GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (35MB vs 32MB)

Lower TDP (115W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7281

560

Intel Xeon E7 4850 v3 +55%

872

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7281

456

Intel Xeon E7 4850 v3 +1480%

7205

AMD EPYC 7281

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Intel Xeon E7 4850 v3

General Parameters

Jun 2017

Release Date

Jun 2015

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Haswell-EX

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon E7 (Haswell-EX)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

1.4 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

115 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

70 °C

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

160 mm²

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.8 GHz

16

Total Core Count

14

32

Total Thread Count

28

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

35 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

4

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR3,DDR4-1866

8

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

32

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