AMD EPYC 7663 vs Xeon E7 8850
We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7663 with 56 cores 2GHz and Xeon E7 8850 with 10 cores 2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD EPYC 7663 's Advantages
Released 9 years and 11 months late
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 1333)
Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 24MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)
Xeon E7 8850 's Advantages
Lower TDP (130W vs 240W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD EPYC 7663
+106%
777
Xeon E7 8850
376
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD EPYC 7663
+54%
6330
Xeon E7 8850
4103
General Parameters
Mar 2021
Release Date
Apr 2011
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Server
Type
Server
Milan
Core Architecture
Westmere-EX
AMD Socket SP3
Socket
Intel Socket 1567
N/A
Integrated Graphics
N/A
EPYC (Zen 3 (Milan))
Generation
Xeon E7(Westmere-EX)
Package
33.2 billions
Transistor Count
2.6 billions
7 nm
Manufacturing Process
32 nm
240 W
Power Consumption
130 W
TSMC
Foundry
Intel
8x81 mm²
Die Size
513 mm²
12 nm
I/O Process Size
-
416 mm²
I/O Die Size
-
CPU Performance
2 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2 GHz
3.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
2.4 GHz
56
Total Core Count
10
112
Total Thread Count
20
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
133 MHz
20.0
Multiplier
15.0
64 KB per core
L1 Cache
64 KB per core
512 KB per core
L2 Cache
256 KB per core
256 MB shared
L3 Cache
24 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
7
Cores per CCD
-
2
SMP
8
Memory Parameters
DDR4-3200
Memory Types
DDR3-1333
8
Max Memory Channels
4
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Miscellaneous
4
PCIe Version
-
128
PCIe Lanes
-
