AMD EPYC 7281 vs Intel Xeon X5647

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AMD EPYC 7281

Intel Xeon X5647

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7281 with 16 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Xeon X5647 with 4 cores 2.933GHz . 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 6 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon X5647 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.933GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Lower TDP (130W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7281 +5%

560

Intel Xeon X5647

530

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7281

456

Intel Xeon X5647 +252%

1606

AMD EPYC 7281

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Intel Xeon X5647

General Parameters

Jun 2017

Release Date

Feb 2011

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Westmere-EP

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1366

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon (Westmere-EP)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

1.17 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

130 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

239 mm²

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.933 GHz

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

16

Total Core Count

4

32

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 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

12 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

3

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

2

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