AMD EPYC 72F3 vs Intel Xeon X5660

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AMD EPYC 72F3

Intel Xeon X5660

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 72F3 with 8 cores 3.7GHz and Intel Xeon X5660 with 6 cores 2.8GHz . 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 11 years late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 2.8GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon X5660 's Advantages

Lower TDP (95W vs 180W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 72F3 +283%

1805

Intel Xeon X5660

471

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 72F3 +450%

11422

Intel Xeon X5660

2075

AMD EPYC 72F3

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Intel Xeon X5660

General Parameters

Mar 2021

Release Date

Mar 2010

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Milan

Core Architecture

Westmere-EP

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1366

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 3 (Milan))

Generation

Xeon (Westmere-EP)

Package

33.2 billions

Transistor Count

1.17 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

180 W

Power Consumption

95 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

8x81 mm²

Die Size

239 mm²

12 nm

I/O Process Size

-

416 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

8

Total Core Count

6

16

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

37.0

Multiplier

21.0

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

12 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

Cores per CCD

-

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

3

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

2

128

PCIe Lanes

-

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