AMD EPYC 9655P vs Xeon E3 1220 v2
We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9655P with 96 cores 2.6GHz and 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 9655P 's Advantages
Released 12 years and 5 months late
Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (384MB vs 3MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 22nm)
Xeon E3 1220 v2 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.1GHz vs 2.6GHz)
Lower TDP (69W vs 400W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD EPYC 9655P
+361%
2831
Xeon E3 1220 v2
614
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD EPYC 9655P
+1356%
28414
Xeon E3 1220 v2
1951
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
99.78 billions
Transistor Count
1.4 billions
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
22 nm
400 W
Power Consumption
69 W
TSMC
Foundry
Intel
12x70.6 mm²
Die Size
160 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
3.1 GHz
4.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.5 GHz
96
Total Core Count
4
192
Total Thread Count
4
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
26.0
Multiplier
31.0
80 KB per core
L1 Cache
64 KB per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
256 KB per core
384 MB shared
L3 Cache
3 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
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
