AMD EPYC 7501 vs Intel Xeon E5 2620

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AMD EPYC 7501

Intel Xeon E5-2620

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7501 with 32 cores 2GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2620 with 6 cores 2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7501 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 15MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon E5 2620 's Advantages

Lower TDP (95W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7501 +59%

675

Intel Xeon E5 2620

422

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7501

685

Intel Xeon E5 2620 +398%

3412

AMD EPYC 7501

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Intel Xeon E5 2620

General Parameters

Jun 2017

Release Date

Mar 2012

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge-EP

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

2.27 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

95 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

435 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.5 GHz

32

Total Core Count

6

64

Total Thread Count

12

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

15 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

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