AMD EPYC 7642 vs Intel Xeon E3 1260L

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AMD EPYC 7642 Intel Xeon E3 1260L

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7642 with 48 cores 2.4GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1260L with 4 cores 2.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7642 's Advantages

Released 8 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 8MB)

Intel Xeon E3 1260L 's Advantages

Lower TDP (45W vs 225W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7642 +90%

1191

Intel Xeon E3 1260L

626

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7642 +501%

11362

Intel Xeon E3 1260L

1890

AMD EPYC 7642

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Intel Xeon E3 1260L

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Apr 2011

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1155

N/A

Integrated Graphics

Intel HD 2000

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon E3 (Sandy Bridge)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

1.16 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1155

225 W

Power Consumption

45 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

216 mm²

FCLGA-4094

Package

FC-LGA10

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.3 GHz

48

Total Core Count

4

96

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

24.0

Multiplier

24.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

256 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

16

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