AMD EPYC 7281 vs Xeon E 2488

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AMD EPYC 7281

Intel Xeon E-2488

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7281 with 16 cores 2.1GHz and Xeon E 2488 with 8 cores 3.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7281 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 24MB)

Xeon E 2488 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 2666)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.1GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (95W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7281

560

Xeon E 2488 +419%

2908

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7281

456

Xeon E 2488 +3312%

15562

AMD EPYC 7281

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Xeon E 2488

General Parameters

Jun 2017

Release Date

Dec 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Raptor Lake-S

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon E (Raptor Lake)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

95 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

257 mm²

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.6 GHz

16

Total Core Count

8

32

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

32.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

24 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

8

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

16

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