AMD EPYC 9655P vs Xeon W 1290E
We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9655P with 96 cores 2.6GHz and Xeon W 1290E with 10 cores 3.5GHz . 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 4 years and 5 months late
Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 2933)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (384MB vs 20MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Xeon W 1290E 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.6GHz)
Lower TDP (95W vs 400W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD EPYC 9655P
+69%
2831
Xeon W 1290E
1669
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD EPYC 9655P
+207%
28414
Xeon W 1290E
9246
General Parameters
Oct 2024
Release Date
May 2020
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Server
Type
Server
Turin
Core Architecture
Comet Lake
AMD Socket SP5
Socket
Intel Socket 1200
N/A
Integrated Graphics
Intel UHD Graphics P630
EPYC(Zen 5 (Turin))
Generation
Xeon (Comet Lake)
Package
99.78 billions
Transistor Count
-
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
400 W
Power Consumption
95 W
-
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
TSMC
Foundry
Intel
12x70.6 mm²
Die Size
206 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
3.5 GHz
4.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.8 GHz
96
Total Core Count
10
192
Total Thread Count
20
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
26.0
Multiplier
35.0
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
20 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
DDR5-6000
Memory Types
DDR4-2933
6 TB
Max Memory Size
-
12
Max Memory Channels
2
576 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
