AMD EPYC 9634 vs Intel Xeon E3 1290 v2

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AMD EPYC 9634

Intel Xeon E3-1290 v2

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9634 with 84 cores 2.25GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1290 v2 with 4 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 9634 's Advantages

Released 10 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (384MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 22nm)

Intel Xeon E3 1290 v2 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 2.25GHz)

Lower TDP (87W vs 290W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 9634 +51%

1262

Intel Xeon E3 1290 v2

833

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 9634 +94%

5595

Intel Xeon E3 1290 v2

2870

AMD EPYC 9634

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Intel Xeon E3 1290 v2

General Parameters

Nov 2022

Release Date

May 2012

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Genoa

Core Architecture

Ivy Bridge

AMD Socket SP5

Socket

Intel Socket 1155

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))

Generation

Xeon E3 (Ivy Bridge)

Package

78.84 billions

Transistor Count

1.4 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

290 W

Power Consumption

87 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

12x72 mm²

Die Size

160 mm²

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

397 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.25 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

84

Total Core Count

4

168

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

22.5

Multiplier

37.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

384 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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