AMD EPYC 73F3 vs Intel Xeon E3 1280
We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 73F3 with 16 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1280 with 4 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD EPYC 73F3 's Advantages
Released 9 years and 11 months late
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)
Intel Xeon E3 1280 's Advantages
Lower TDP (95W vs 240W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD EPYC 73F3
501
Intel Xeon E3 1280
+169%
1348
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD EPYC 73F3
2348
Intel Xeon E3 1280
+93%
4533
General Parameters
Mar 2021
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
33.2 billions
Transistor Count
1.16 billions
7 nm
Manufacturing Process
32 nm
240 W
Power Consumption
95 W
TSMC
Foundry
Intel
8x81 mm²
Die Size
216 mm²
12 nm
I/O Process Size
-
416 mm²
I/O Die Size
-
CPU Performance
3.5 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.9 GHz
16
Total Core Count
4
32
Total Thread Count
8
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
35.0
Multiplier
35.0
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
8 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
2
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
