AMD EPYC 9455 vs Intel Xeon E5 2420

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AMD EPYC 9455

Intel Xeon E5-2420

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9455 with 48 cores 3.15GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2420 with 6 cores 1.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 9455 's Advantages

Released 12 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (3.15GHz vs 1.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (192MB vs 15MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon E5 2420 's Advantages

Lower TDP (95W vs 300W)

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AMD EPYC 9455

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Intel Xeon E5 2420

General Parameters

Oct 2024

Release Date

May 2012

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Turin

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge-EN

AMD Socket SP5

Socket

Intel Socket 1356

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC(Zen 5 (Turin))

Generation

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EN)

Package

49.89 billions

Transistor Count

1.27 billions

4 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

300 W

Power Consumption

95 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

6x70.6 mm²

Die Size

294 mm²

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

48

Performance Cores

-

96

Performance Core Threads

-

3.15 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.9 GHz

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.4 GHz

48

Total Core Count

6

96

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

31.5

Multiplier

19.0

80 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

192 MB shared

L3 Cache

15 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR5-6000

Memory Types

DDR3

6 TB

Max Memory Size

-

12

Max Memory Channels

576 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

-

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

AMD EPYC 9455

Official Website

-

5

PCIe Version

-

128

PCIe Lanes

-

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