AMD EPYC 7543 vs Intel Xeon E3 1280 v3

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AMD EPYC 7543

Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7543 with 32 cores 2.8GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1280 v3 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 7543 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 4)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 22nm)

Intel Xeon E3 1280 v3 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.8GHz)

Lower TDP (82W vs 225W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7543 +37%

1688

Intel Xeon E3 1280 v3

1226

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7543

3080

Intel Xeon E3 1280 v3 +30%

4019

AMD EPYC 7543

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Intel Xeon E3 1280 v3

General Parameters

Mar 2021

Release Date

Jun 2013

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Milan

Core Architecture

Haswell-WS

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1150

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 3 (Milan))

Generation

Xeon E3 (Haswell-WS)

Package

33.2 billions

Transistor Count

1.4 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

225 W

Power Consumption

82 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

8x81 mm²

Die Size

160 mm²

12 nm

I/O Process Size

-

416 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

32

Total Core Count

4

64

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

28.0

Multiplier

36.0

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

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

4

Cores per CCD

-

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR3,DDR4

8

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

3

128

PCIe Lanes

-

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