AMD EPYC 7F72 vs Intel Xeon E3 1280

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AMD EPYC 7F72

Intel Xeon E3-1280

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7F72 with 24 cores 3.2GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1280 with 4 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7F72 's Advantages

Released 9 years late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (192MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon E3 1280 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.2GHz)

Lower TDP (95W vs 240W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7F72 +8%

1459

Intel Xeon E3 1280

1348

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7F72 +137%

10782

Intel Xeon E3 1280

4533

AMD EPYC 7F72

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Intel Xeon E3 1280

General Parameters

Apr 2020

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

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon E3 (Sandy Bridge)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

1.16 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

240 W

Power Consumption

95 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

216 mm²

CPU Performance

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

24

Total Core Count

4

48

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

32.0

Multiplier

35.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

192 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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