AMD EPYC 72F3 vs Intel Xeon E7 8860

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AMD EPYC 72F3 Intel Xeon E7 8860

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 72F3 with 8 cores 3.7GHz and Intel Xeon E7 8860 with 10 cores 2.276GHz . 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 and 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR3)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 2.276GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 30MB)

Intel Xeon E7 8860 's Advantages

Lower TDP (130W vs 180W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD EPYC 72F3 +196%

1460

Intel Xeon E7 8860

492

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 72F3 +1560%

15109

Intel Xeon E7 8860

910

AMD EPYC 72F3

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Intel Xeon E7 8860

General Parameters

Mar 2021

Release Date

Apr 2011

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Milan

Core Architecture

Westmere-EX

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1567

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 3 (Milan))

Generation

Xeon E7 (Westmere-EX)

Package

33.2 billions

Transistor Count

2.6 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1567

180 W

Power Consumption

130 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

8x81 mm²

Die Size

513 mm²

12 nm

I/O Process Size

-

416 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

FCLGA-4094

Package

FC-LGA10

CPU Performance

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.276 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.667 GHz

8

Total Core Count

10

16

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

37.0

Multiplier

17.0

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

30 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

Cores per CCD

-

2

SMP

8

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

-

128

PCIe Lanes

-

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