AMD EPYC 7281 vs Intel Xeon E7 8860 v3

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We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7281 with 16 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Xeon E7 8860 v3 with 16 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 (DDR4-2666 vs DDR3)

Intel Xeon E7 8860 v3 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.2GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (40MB vs 32MB)

Lower TDP (140W vs 170W)

Score

AMD EPYC 7281

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Intel Xeon E7 8860 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

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

170 W

Power Consumption

140 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

75 °C

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

160 mm²

FCLGA-4094

Package

FC-LGA12C

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

16

Total Core Count

16

32

Total Thread Count

32

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

40 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

8

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR3,

8

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

32

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