AMD EPYC 7F72 vs Intel Xeon E5 1691 v3

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We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7F72 with 24 cores 3.2GHz and Intel Xeon E5 1691 v3 with 14 cores 2.5GHz . 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 5 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2133)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.5GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (192MB vs 35MB)

Intel Xeon E5 1691 v3 's Advantages

Lower TDP (135W vs 240W)

Score

AMD EPYC 7F72

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Intel Xeon E5 1691 v3

General Parameters

Apr 2020

Release Date

Sep 2014

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Haswell-EP

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

2.6 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

240 W

Power Consumption

135 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

356 mm²

FCLGA-4094

Package

-

CPU Performance

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

24

Total Core Count

14

48

Total Thread Count

28

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

32.0

Multiplier

25.0

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

35 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2133

8

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

40

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