AMD EPYC 7281 vs Intel Xeon w3 2435

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AMD EPYC 7281

Intel Xeon w3-2435

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7281 with 16 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Xeon w3 2435 with 8 cores 3.1GHz . 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 22.5MB)

Intel Xeon w3 2435 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (4400 vs 2666)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (3.1GHz vs 2.1GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (165W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7281

560

Intel Xeon w3 2435 +268%

2065

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7281

456

Intel Xeon w3 2435 +1845%

8871

AMD EPYC 7281

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Intel Xeon w3 2435

General Parameters

Jun 2017

Release Date

Feb 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Sapphire Rapids

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon W (Sapphire Rapids)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

165 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

70 °C

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.1 GHz

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 GHz

16

Total Core Count

8

32

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

31.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

22.5 MB

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR5-4400

-

Max Memory Size

2 TB

8

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

64

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