AMD EPYC 7401 vs Intel Xeon E3 1280 v2

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AMD EPYC 7401

Intel Xeon E3-1280 v2

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7401 with 24 cores 2GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1280 v2 with 4 cores 3.6GHz . 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 5 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)

Intel Xeon E3 1280 v2 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2GHz)

Lower TDP (69W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7401 +19%

771

Intel Xeon E3 1280 v2

644

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7401

1304

Intel Xeon E3 1280 v2 +76%

2306

AMD EPYC 7401

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Intel Xeon E3 1280 v2

General Parameters

Jun 2017

Release Date

May 2012

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Ivy Bridge

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1155

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon E3 (Ivy Bridge)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

1.4 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

69 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

160 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

24

Total Core Count

4

48

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

36.0

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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