AMD EPYC 7301 vs Intel Xeon E5 2603

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AMD EPYC 7301

Intel Xeon E5-2603

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7301 with 16 cores 2.2GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2603 with 4 cores 1.8GHz . 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 5 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.2GHz vs 1.8GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 10MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon E5 2603 's Advantages

Lower TDP (80W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7301

514

Intel Xeon E5 2603 +11%

571

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7301

1955

Intel Xeon E5 2603 +47%

2875

AMD EPYC 7301

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Intel Xeon E5 2603

General Parameters

Jun 2017

Release Date

Mar 2012

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge-EP

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

1.27 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

80 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

294 mm²

CPU Performance

2.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.8 GHz

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

0

16

Total Core Count

4

32

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

22.0

Multiplier

18.0

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

10 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

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