AMD EPYC 7281 vs Intel Xeon W 2170B

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AMD EPYC 7281 Intel Xeon W 2170B

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7281 with 16 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Xeon W 2170B with 14 cores 2.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7281 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 19.25MB)

Intel Xeon W 2170B 's Advantages

Released 6 months late

Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Lower TDP (140W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7281

560

Intel Xeon W 2170B +150%

1400

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7281

456

Intel Xeon W 2170B +1849%

8888

AMD EPYC 7281

VS

Intel Xeon W 2170B

General Parameters

Jun 2017

Release Date

Dec 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Skylake-W

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon W (Skylake-W)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 2066

170 W

Power Consumption

140 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

66 °C

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

484 mm²

FCLGA-4094

Package

FC-LGA2066

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.3 GHz

16

Total Core Count

14

32

Total Thread Count

28

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

25.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

19.25 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

8

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

48

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