AMD EPYC 9455 vs Xeon E5540

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AMD EPYC 9455

Intel Xeon E5540

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9455 with 48 cores 3.15GHz and Xeon E5540 with 4 cores 2.533GHz . 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 15 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 1066)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (3.15GHz vs 2.533GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (192MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 45nm)

Xeon E5540 's Advantages

Lower TDP (80W vs 300W)

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AMD EPYC 9455

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Xeon E5540

General Parameters

Oct 2024

Release Date

Mar 2009

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Turin

Core Architecture

Gainestown

AMD Socket SP5

Socket

Intel Socket 1366

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC(Zen 5 (Turin))

Generation

Xeon(Gainestown)

Package

49.89 billions

Transistor Count

0.731 billions

4 nm

Manufacturing Process

45 nm

300 W

Power Consumption

80 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

6x70.6 mm²

Die Size

263 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

2.533 GHz

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.8 GHz

48

Total Core Count

4

96

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

31.5

Multiplier

19.0

80 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 KB per core

192 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR5-6000

Memory Types

DDR3-1066

6 TB

Max Memory Size

-

12

Max Memory Channels

3

576 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

-

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

AMD EPYC 9455

Official Website

-

5

PCIe Version

2

128

PCIe Lanes

-

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