AMD EPYC 7303 vs Intel Xeon E3 1220

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AMD EPYC 7303

Intel Xeon E3-1220

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7303 with 16 cores 2.4GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1220 with 4 cores 3.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7303 's Advantages

Released 12 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon E3 1220 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.1GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Lower TDP (80W vs 130W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7303 +140%

1605

Intel Xeon E3 1220

667

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7303 +1021%

13363

Intel Xeon E3 1220

1192

AMD EPYC 7303

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Intel Xeon E3 1220

General Parameters

Sep 2023

Release Date

Apr 2011

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Milan

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1155

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 3 (Milan))

Generation

Xeon E3 (Sandy Bridge)

Package

8.3 billions

Transistor Count

1.16 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

130 W

Power Consumption

80 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

2x81 mm²

Die Size

216 mm²

12 nm

I/O Process Size

-

416 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.1 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

16

Total Core Count

4

32

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

24.0

Multiplier

31.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

8

Cores per CCD

-

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

3

128

PCIe Lanes

16

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