AMD EPYC 9554 vs Intel Xeon E3 1290

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AMD EPYC 9554

Intel Xeon E3-1290

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9554 with 64 cores 3.1GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1290 with 4 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 9554 's Advantages

Released 11 years and 6 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 1290 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.1GHz)

Lower TDP (95W vs 360W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 9554 +141%

2013

Intel Xeon E3 1290

833

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 9554 +568%

19184

Intel Xeon E3 1290

2870

AMD EPYC 9554

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Intel Xeon E3 1290

General Parameters

Nov 2022

Release Date

May 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

360 W

Power Consumption

95 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

8x72 mm²

Die Size

216 mm²

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

397 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

3.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

3.75 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

64

Total Core Count

4

128

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

31.0

Multiplier

36.0

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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