AMD EPYC 9655 vs Intel Xeon E3 1260L

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AMD EPYC 9655

Intel Xeon E3-1260L

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9655 with 96 cores 2.6GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1260L with 4 cores 2.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 9655 's Advantages

Released 13 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (384MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon E3 1260L 's Advantages

Lower TDP (45W vs 400W)

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AMD EPYC 9655

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Intel Xeon E3 1260L

General Parameters

Oct 2024

Release Date

Apr 2011

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Turin

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge

AMD Socket SP5

Socket

Intel Socket 1155

N/A

Integrated Graphics

Intel HD 2000

EPYC(Zen 5 (Turin))

Generation

Xeon E3 (Sandy Bridge)

Package

99.78 billions

Transistor Count

1.16 billions

4 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

400 W

Power Consumption

45 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

12x70.6 mm²

Die Size

216 mm²

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

96

Performance Cores

-

192

Performance Core Threads

-

2.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.3 GHz

96

Total Core Count

4

192

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

26.0

Multiplier

24.0

80 KB 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

DDR5-6000

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 9655

Official Website

-

5

PCIe Version

3

128

PCIe Lanes

16

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