AMD EPYC 74F3 vs Intel Xeon E5 2637
We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 74F3 with 24 cores 2.8GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2637 with 2 cores 3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD EPYC 74F3 's Advantages
Released 9 years late
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 5MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)
Intel Xeon E5 2637 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3GHz vs 2.8GHz)
Lower TDP (80W vs 240W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD EPYC 74F3
+63%
1793
Intel Xeon E5 2637
1094
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD EPYC 74F3
+31%
5527
Intel Xeon E5 2637
4199
General Parameters
Mar 2021
Release Date
Mar 2012
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Server
Type
Server
Milan
Core Architecture
Sandy Bridge-EP
AMD Socket SP3
Socket
Intel Socket 2011
N/A
Integrated Graphics
N/A
EPYC (Zen 3 (Milan))
Generation
Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)
Package
33.2 billions
Transistor Count
1.27 billions
7 nm
Manufacturing Process
32 nm
240 W
Power Consumption
80 W
TSMC
Foundry
Intel
4x81 mm²
Die Size
294 mm²
12 nm
I/O Process Size
-
416 mm²
I/O Die Size
-
CPU Performance
2.8 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3 GHz
4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.5 GHz
24
Total Core Count
2
48
Total Thread Count
4
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
28.0
Multiplier
30.0
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
5 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
3
Cores per CCD
-
2
SMP
2
Memory Parameters
DDR4-3200
Memory Types
DDR3
8
Max Memory Channels
4
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Miscellaneous
4
PCIe Version
3
128
PCIe Lanes
-
