AMD EPYC 9655 vs Intel Xeon X5680

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AMD EPYC 9655

Intel Xeon X5680

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9655 with 96 cores 2.6GHz and Intel Xeon X5680 with 6 cores 3.333GHz . 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 14 years and 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (384MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon X5680 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.333GHz vs 2.6GHz)

Lower TDP (130W vs 400W)

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AMD EPYC 9655

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Intel Xeon X5680

General Parameters

Oct 2024

Release Date

Feb 2010

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Turin

Core Architecture

Westmere-EP

AMD Socket SP5

Socket

Intel Socket 1366

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC(Zen 5 (Turin))

Generation

Xeon (Westmere-EP)

Package

99.78 billions

Transistor Count

1.17 billions

4 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

400 W

Power Consumption

130 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

12x70.6 mm²

Die Size

239 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

3.333 GHz

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

96

Total Core Count

6

192

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

26.0

Multiplier

25.0

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

12 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR5-6000

Memory Types

DDR3

6 TB

Max Memory Size

-

12

Max Memory Channels

3

576 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

-

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

AMD EPYC 9655

Official Website

-

5

PCIe Version

2

128

PCIe Lanes

-

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