EPYC 7262 vs Intel Xeon E5 2420

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AMD EPYC 7262

Intel Xeon E5-2420

We compared two server CPUs: EPYC 7262 with 8 cores 3.2GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2420 with 6 cores 1.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

EPYC 7262 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 1.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 15MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon E5 2420 's Advantages

Lower TDP (95W vs 155W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

EPYC 7262 +262%

1346

Intel Xeon E5 2420

371

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

EPYC 7262 +319%

7900

Intel Xeon E5 2420

1884

EPYC 7262

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Intel Xeon E5 2420

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

May 2012

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge-EN

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1356

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EN)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

1.27 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

155 W

Power Consumption

95 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

294 mm²

CPU Performance

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.9 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.4 GHz

8

Total Core Count

6

16

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

32.0

Multiplier

19.0

96 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

15 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

-

128

PCIe Lanes

-

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