AMD EPYC 72F3 vs Intel Xeon E5 1620

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AMD EPYC 72F3

Intel Xeon E5-1620

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 72F3 with 8 cores 3.7GHz and Intel Xeon E5 1620 with 4 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 72F3 's Advantages

Released 9 years late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 10MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon E5 1620 's Advantages

Lower TDP (130W vs 180W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 72F3 +161%

1805

Intel Xeon E5 1620

690

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 72F3 +350%

11422

Intel Xeon E5 1620

2533

AMD EPYC 72F3

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Intel Xeon E5 1620

General Parameters

Mar 2021

Release Date

Mar 2012

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Milan

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge-E

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 3 (Milan))

Generation

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-E)

Package

33.2 billions

Transistor Count

1.27 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

180 W

Power Consumption

130 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

8x81 mm²

Die Size

294 mm²

12 nm

I/O Process Size

-

416 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

8

Total Core Count

4

16

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

37.0

Multiplier

36.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

256 MB shared

L3 Cache

10 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

Cores per CCD

-

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

3

128

PCIe Lanes

-

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