AMD EPYC Embedded 3251 vs Intel Xeon E5 2690 v3
We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC Embedded 3251 with 8 cores 2.5GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2690 v3 with 12 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD EPYC Embedded 3251 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 5 months late
Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 2133)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)
Lower TDP (55W vs 135W)
Intel Xeon E5 2690 v3 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.5GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 16MB)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD EPYC Embedded 3251
870
Intel Xeon E5 2690 v3
+16%
1015
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD EPYC Embedded 3251
4939
Intel Xeon E5 2690 v3
+23%
6118
General Parameters
Feb 2018
Release Date
Sep 2014
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Server
Type
Server
Zen
Core Architecture
Haswell-EP
AMD BGA SP4r2
Socket
Intel Socket 2011-3
N/A
Integrated Graphics
N/A
EPYC Embedded (Zen (Snowy Owl))
Generation
Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)
Package
4.8 billions
Transistor Count
2.6 billions
14 nm
Manufacturing Process
22 nm
55 W
Power Consumption
135 W
GlobalFoundries
Foundry
Intel
213 mm²
Die Size
356 mm²
CPU Performance
2.5 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.6 GHz
3.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.5 GHz
8
Total Core Count
12
16
Total Thread Count
24
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
25.0
Multiplier
26.0
96 K per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
512 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
16 MB shared
L3 Cache
30 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
SMP
2
Memory Parameters
DDR4-2666
Memory Types
DDR4-2133
2
Max Memory Channels
4
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Miscellaneous
3
PCIe Version
3
32
PCIe Lanes
40
