AMD EPYC 9684X vs Intel Xeon E5 2690
We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9684X with 96 cores 2.55GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2690 with 8 cores 2.9GHz . 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 3 months late
Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (1152MB vs 20MB)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 32nm)
Intel Xeon E5 2690 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.55GHz)
Lower TDP (135W vs 400W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD EPYC 9684X
+93%
2097
Intel Xeon E5 2690
1084
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD EPYC 9684X
+120%
21077
Intel Xeon E5 2690
9549
General Parameters
Jun 2023
Release Date
Mar 2012
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Server
Type
Server
Genoa-X
Core Architecture
Sandy Bridge-EP
AMD Socket SP5
Socket
Intel Socket 2011
N/A
Integrated Graphics
N/A
EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))
Generation
Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)
Package
135.24 billions
Transistor Count
2.27 billions
5 nm
Manufacturing Process
32 nm
400 W
Power Consumption
135 W
TSMC
Foundry
Intel
12x72 mm²
Die Size
435 mm²
6 nm
I/O Process Size
-
397 mm²
I/O Die Size
-
CPU Performance
2.55 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.9 GHz
3.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.8 GHz
96
Total Core Count
8
192
Total Thread Count
16
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
25.5
Multiplier
29.0
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
20 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
2
SMP
2
Memory Parameters
DDR5-4800
Memory Types
DDR3
12
Max Memory Channels
4
460.8 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
