AMD EPYC 9255 vs Intel Xeon E3 1220L v2

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AMD EPYC 9255

Intel Xeon E3-1220L v2

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9255 with 24 cores 3.25GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1220L v2 with 2 cores 2.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 9255 's Advantages

Released 12 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (3.25GHz vs 2.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 22nm)

Intel Xeon E3 1220L v2 's Advantages

Lower TDP (17W vs 200W)

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AMD EPYC 9255

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Intel Xeon E3 1220L v2

General Parameters

Oct 2024

Release Date

May 2012

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Turin

Core Architecture

Ivy Bridge

AMD Socket SP5

Socket

Intel Socket 1155

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC(Zen 5 (Turin))

Generation

Xeon E3 (Ivy Bridge)

Package

33.26 billions

Transistor Count

-

4 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

200 W

Power Consumption

17 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

4x70.6 mm²

Die Size

-

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

24

Performance Cores

-

48

Performance Core Threads

-

3.25 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.3 GHz

4.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

24

Total Core Count

2

48

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

32.5

Multiplier

23.0

80 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR5-6000

Memory Types

DDR3

6 TB

Max Memory Size

-

12

Max Memory Channels

2

576 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

-

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

AMD EPYC 9255

Official Website

-

5

PCIe Version

3

128

PCIe Lanes

16

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