AMD EPYC 9684X vs Intel Xeon X5660

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AMD EPYC 9684X

Intel Xeon X5660

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9684X with 96 cores 2.55GHz and Intel Xeon X5660 with 6 cores 2.8GHz . 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 13 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (1152MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon X5660 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.55GHz)

Lower TDP (95W vs 400W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 9684X +345%

2097

Intel Xeon X5660

471

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 9684X +915%

21077

Intel Xeon X5660

2075

AMD EPYC 9684X

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Intel Xeon X5660

General Parameters

Jun 2023

Release Date

Mar 2010

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Genoa-X

Core Architecture

Westmere-EP

AMD Socket SP5

Socket

Intel Socket 1366

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))

Generation

Xeon (Westmere-EP)

Package

135.24 billions

Transistor Count

1.17 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

400 W

Power Consumption

95 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

12x72 mm²

Die Size

239 mm²

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

397 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.55 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

96

Total Core Count

6

192

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

25.5

Multiplier

21.0

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

12 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800

Memory Types

DDR3

12

Max Memory Channels

3

460.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

-

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

AMD EPYC 9684X

Official Website

-

5

PCIe Version

2

128

PCIe Lanes

-

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