AMD EPYC 9555 vs Xeon E7 8870

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AMD EPYC 9555

Intel Xeon E7-8870

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9555 with 64 cores 3.2GHz and Xeon E7 8870 with 10 cores 2.4GHz . 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 13 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 1333)

Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 30MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 32nm)

Xeon E7 8870 's Advantages

Lower TDP (130W vs 360W)

Score

AMD EPYC 9555

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Xeon E7 8870

General Parameters

Oct 2024

Release Date

Apr 2011

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Turin

Core Architecture

Westmere-EX

AMD Socket SP5

Socket

Intel Socket 1567

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC(Zen 5 (Turin))

Generation

Xeon E7(Westmere-EX)

Package

66.52 billions

Transistor Count

2.6 billions

4 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

360 W

Power Consumption

130 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

8x70.6 mm²

Die Size

513 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

2.4 GHz

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.8 GHz

64

Total Core Count

10

128

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

32.0

Multiplier

18.0

80 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 KB per core

256 MB shared

L3 Cache

30 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

8

Memory Parameters

DDR5-6000

Memory Types

DDR3-1333

6 TB

Max Memory Size

-

12

Max Memory Channels

4

576 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

-

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

AMD EPYC 9555

Official Website

-

5

PCIe Version

-

128

PCIe Lanes

-

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