AMD EPYC 9555 vs Intel Xeon E3 1220 v2

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AMD EPYC 9555

Intel Xeon E3-1220 v2

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9555 with 64 cores 3.2GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1220 v2 with 4 cores 3.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 9555 '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 (3.2GHz vs 3.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 22nm)

Intel Xeon E3 1220 v2 's Advantages

Lower TDP (69W vs 360W)

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AMD EPYC 9555

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Intel Xeon E3 1220 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

66.52 billions

Transistor Count

1.4 billions

4 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

360 W

Power Consumption

69 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

8x70.6 mm²

Die Size

160 mm²

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

64

Performance Cores

-

128

Performance Core Threads

-

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.1 GHz

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

64

Total Core Count

4

128

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

32.0

Multiplier

31.0

80 KB 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

DDR5-6000

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 9555

Official Website

-

5

PCIe Version

3

128

PCIe Lanes

16

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