AMD EPYC 9454 vs Intel Xeon E3 1240

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AMD EPYC 9454

Intel Xeon E3-1240

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9454 with 48 cores 2.75GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1240 with 4 cores 3.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 9454 's Advantages

Released 11 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon E3 1240 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 2.75GHz)

Lower TDP (80W vs 290W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 9454 +86%

1728

Intel Xeon E3 1240

925

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 9454 +503%

18038

Intel Xeon E3 1240

2989

AMD EPYC 9454

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Intel Xeon E3 1240

General Parameters

Nov 2022

Release Date

Apr 2011

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Genoa

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge

AMD Socket SP5

Socket

Intel Socket 1155

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))

Generation

Xeon E3 (Sandy Bridge)

Package

52.56 billions

Transistor Count

1.16 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

290 W

Power Consumption

80 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

8x72 mm²

Die Size

216 mm²

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

397 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.75 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

48

Total Core Count

4

96

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

27.5

Multiplier

33.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB 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

DDR5-4800

Memory Types

DDR3

12

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

3

128

PCIe Lanes

16

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