AMD EPYC 7502 vs Intel Xeon X5660

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AMD EPYC 7502

Intel Xeon X5660

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7502 with 32 cores 2.5GHz and Intel Xeon X5660 with 6 cores 2.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7502 's Advantages

Released 9 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon X5660 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.5GHz)

Lower TDP (95W vs 180W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7502 +160%

1225

Intel Xeon X5660

471

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7502 +462%

11663

Intel Xeon X5660

2075

AMD EPYC 7502

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Intel Xeon X5660

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Mar 2010

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Westmere-EP

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1366

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon (Westmere-EP)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

1.17 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

180 W

Power Consumption

95 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

239 mm²

CPU Performance

2.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

3.35 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

32

Total Core Count

6

64

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

25.0

Multiplier

21.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

3

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

2

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