AMD EPYC 9655P vs Xeon E7540

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AMD EPYC 9655P

Intel Xeon E7540

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9655P with 96 cores 2.6GHz and Xeon E7540 with 6 cores 2GHz . 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 14 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 1333)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (384MB vs 18MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 45nm)

Xeon E7540 's Advantages

Lower TDP (105W vs 400W)

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AMD EPYC 9655P

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Xeon E7540

General Parameters

Oct 2024

Release Date

Mar 2010

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Turin

Core Architecture

Nehalem-EX

AMD Socket SP5

Socket

Intel Socket 1567

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC(Zen 5 (Turin))

Generation

Xeon(Beckton)

Package

99.78 billions

Transistor Count

2.3 billions

4 nm

Manufacturing Process

45 nm

400 W

Power Consumption

105 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

12x70.6 mm²

Die Size

684 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 GHz

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.266 GHz

96

Total Core Count

6

192

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

26.0

Multiplier

15.0

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

18 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

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 9655P

Official Website

-

5

PCIe Version

2

128

PCIe Lanes

-

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