EPYC 7272 vs Intel Xeon E3 1240

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AMD EPYC 7272

Intel Xeon E3-1240

We compared two server CPUs: EPYC 7272 with 12 cores 2.9GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1240 with 4 cores 3.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

EPYC 7272 's Advantages

Released 8 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon E3 1240 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Lower TDP (80W vs 120W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

EPYC 7272 +31%

1217

Intel Xeon E3 1240

925

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

EPYC 7272 +123%

6675

Intel Xeon E3 1240

2989

EPYC 7272

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Intel Xeon E3 1240

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Apr 2011

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1155

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon E3 (Sandy Bridge)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

1.16 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

120 W

Power Consumption

80 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

216 mm²

CPU Performance

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

12

Total Core Count

4

24

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

33.0

96 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

3

128

PCIe Lanes

16

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