AMD EPYC 9684X vs Intel Xeon E3 1270 v2

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AMD EPYC 9684X

Intel Xeon E3-1270 v2

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9684X with 96 cores 2.55GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1270 v2 with 4 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 9684X 's Advantages

Released 11 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (1152MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 22nm)

Intel Xeon E3 1270 v2 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.55GHz)

Lower TDP (69W vs 400W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 9684X +186%

2097

Intel Xeon E3 1270 v2

731

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 9684X +718%

21077

Intel Xeon E3 1270 v2

2574

AMD EPYC 9684X

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Intel Xeon E3 1270 v2

General Parameters

Jun 2023

Release Date

May 2012

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Genoa-X

Core Architecture

Ivy Bridge

AMD Socket SP5

Socket

Intel Socket 1155

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))

Generation

Xeon E3 (Ivy Bridge)

Package

135.24 billions

Transistor Count

1.4 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

400 W

Power Consumption

69 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

12x72 mm²

Die Size

160 mm²

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

397 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.55 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

96

Total Core Count

4

192

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

25.5

Multiplier

35.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

1152 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800

Memory Types

DDR3

12

Max Memory Channels

2

460.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

-

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

AMD EPYC 9684X

Official Website

-

5

PCIe Version

3

128

PCIe Lanes

16

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