AMD EPYC 9965 vs Intel Xeon E5 2630 v2
We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9965 with 192 cores 2.25GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2630 v2 with 6 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD EPYC 9965 's Advantages
Released 11 years and 1 months late
Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (384MB vs 15MB)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 22nm)
Intel Xeon E5 2630 v2 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.25GHz)
Lower TDP (80W vs 500W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD EPYC 9965
+341%
2110
Intel Xeon E5 2630 v2
478
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD EPYC 9965
+2124%
18619
Intel Xeon E5 2630 v2
837
General Parameters
Oct 2024
Release Date
Sep 2013
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Server
Type
Server
Turin
Core Architecture
Ivy Bridge-EP
AMD Socket SP5
Socket
Intel Socket 2011
N/A
Integrated Graphics
N/A
EPYC(Zen 5c (Turin))
Generation
Xeon E5 (Ivy Bridge-EP)
Package
Transistor Count
1.4 billions
3 nm
Manufacturing Process
22 nm
500 W
Power Consumption
80 W
TSMC
Foundry
Intel
mm²
Die Size
160 mm²
6 nm
I/O Process Size
-
mm²
I/O Die Size
-
CPU Performance
192
Performance Cores
-
384
Performance Core Threads
-
2.25 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.6 GHz
3.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
0
192
Total Core Count
6
384
Total Thread Count
12
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
22.5
Multiplier
26.0
80 KB per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
384 MB shared
L3 Cache
15 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
2
SMP
2
Memory Parameters
DDR5-6000
Memory Types
DDR3
6 TB
Max Memory Size
-
12
Max Memory Channels
4
576 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
