AMD EPYC 9755 vs Intel Xeon E3 1290

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AMD EPYC 9755

Intel Xeon E3-1290

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9755 with 128 cores 2.7GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1290 with 4 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 9755 's Advantages

Released 13 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (512MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon E3 1290 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.7GHz)

Lower TDP (95W vs 500W)

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AMD EPYC 9755

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Intel Xeon E3 1290

General Parameters

Oct 2024

Release Date

May 2011

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Turin

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge

AMD Socket SP5

Socket

Intel Socket 1155

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC(Zen 5 (Turin))

Generation

Xeon E3 (Sandy Bridge)

Package

133.04 billions

Transistor Count

1.16 billions

4 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

500 W

Power Consumption

95 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

16x70.6 mm²

Die Size

216 mm²

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

128

Performance Cores

-

256

Performance Core Threads

-

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

128

Total Core Count

4

256

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

27.0

Multiplier

36.0

80 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

512 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR5-6000

Memory Types

DDR3

6 TB

Max Memory Size

-

12

Max Memory Channels

2

576 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

-

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

AMD EPYC 9755

Official Website

-

5

PCIe Version

3

128

PCIe Lanes

16

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