AMD EPYC 7301 vs Intel Xeon E3 1230

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AMD EPYC 7301 Intel Xeon E3 1230

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7301 with 16 cores 2.2GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1230 with 4 cores 3.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7301 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 2 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2666 vs DDR3)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 8MB)

Intel Xeon E3 1230 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.2GHz)

Lower TDP (80W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7301

514

Intel Xeon E3 1230 +151%

1294

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7301

1955

Intel Xeon E3 1230 +96%

3842

AMD EPYC 7301

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Intel Xeon E3 1230

General Parameters

Jun 2017

Release Date

Apr 2011

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1155

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon E3 (Sandy Bridge)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

1.16 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1155

170 W

Power Consumption

80 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

216 mm²

FCLGA-4094

Package

FC-LGA10

CPU Performance

2.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

16

Total Core Count

4

32

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

22.0

Multiplier

32.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

16

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