AMD EPYC 7401 vs Intel Xeon D 1540

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AMD EPYC 7401

Intel Xeon D-1540

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7401 with 24 cores 2GHz and Intel Xeon D 1540 with 8 cores 2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7401 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 4)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 1.5MB)

Intel Xeon D 1540 's Advantages

Lower TDP (45W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7401

771

Intel Xeon D 1540 +8%

834

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7401

1304

Intel Xeon D 1540 +243%

4483

AMD EPYC 7401

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Intel Xeon D 1540

General Parameters

Jun 2017

Release Date

Mar 2015

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Broadwell

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel BGA 1667

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon D (Broadwell-DE)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

3.2 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

45 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

80 °C

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

246 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.6 GHz

24

Total Core Count

8

48

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

20.0

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

1.5 MB per core

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR3,DDR4

8

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

24

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