AMD EPYC Embedded 3255 vs Intel Xeon E5 2658 v3

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AMD EPYC Embedded 3255

Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC Embedded 3255 with 8 cores 2.5GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2658 v3 with 12 cores 2.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC Embedded 3255 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 2133)

Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2.2GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)

Lower TDP (55W vs 105W)

Intel Xeon E5 2658 v3 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 16MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD EPYC Embedded 3255 +16%

874

Intel Xeon E5 2658 v3

753

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD EPYC Embedded 3255

5069

Intel Xeon E5 2658 v3 +63%

8309

AMD EPYC Embedded 3255

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Intel Xeon E5 2658 v3

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

105 W

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

356 mm²

CPU Performance

2.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

3.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.9 GHz

8

Total Core Count

12

16

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

25.0

Multiplier

22.0

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

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