EPYC 7262 vs Xeon E6540

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AMD EPYC 7262

Intel Xeon E6540

We compared two server CPUs: EPYC 7262 with 8 cores 3.2GHz and Xeon E6540 with 6 cores 2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

EPYC 7262 's Advantages

Released 9 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 1333)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 18MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 45nm)

Xeon E6540 's Advantages

Lower TDP (105W vs 155W)

Score

EPYC 7262

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Xeon E6540

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Mar 2010

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Nehalem-EX

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1567

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon(Beckton)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

2.3 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

45 nm

155 W

Power Consumption

105 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

684 mm²

CPU Performance

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.266 GHz

8

Total Core Count

6

16

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

32.0

Multiplier

15.0

96 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

256 KB per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

18 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR3-1333

8

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

2

128

PCIe Lanes

-

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