AMD EPYC 72F3 vs Xeon L5420
We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 72F3 with 8 cores 3.7GHz and Xeon L5420 with 4 cores 2.5GHz . 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 13 years late
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 2)
Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 2.5GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 45nm)
Xeon L5420 's Advantages
Lower TDP (50W vs 180W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD EPYC 72F3
+386%
1805
Xeon L5420
371
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD EPYC 72F3
+929%
11422
Xeon L5420
1110
General Parameters
Mar 2021
Release Date
Mar 2008
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Server
Type
Server
Milan
Core Architecture
Harpertown
AMD Socket SP3
Socket
Intel Socket 771
N/A
Integrated Graphics
N/A
EPYC (Zen 3 (Milan))
Generation
Xeon (Harpertown)
Package
33.2 billions
Transistor Count
0.82 billions
7 nm
Manufacturing Process
45 nm
180 W
Power Consumption
50 W
TSMC
Foundry
Intel
8x81 mm²
Die Size
2x107 mm²
12 nm
I/O Process Size
-
416 mm²
I/O Die Size
-
CPU Performance
3.7 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
4.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
0
8
Total Core Count
4
16
Total Thread Count
4
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
333 MHz
37.0
Multiplier
7.5
64 KB per core
L1 Cache
64 KB per core
512 KB per core
L2 Cache
6 MB per die
256 MB shared
L3 Cache
-
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
Cores per CCD
-
2
SMP
2
Memory Parameters
DDR4-3200
Memory Types
DDR2, DDR3
Depends on motherboard
8
Max Memory Channels
2
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Miscellaneous
4
PCIe Version
2
128
PCIe Lanes
-
