EPYC 7272 vs Intel Xeon E5603

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AMD EPYC 7272

Intel Xeon E5603

We compared two server CPUs: EPYC 7272 with 12 cores 2.9GHz and Intel Xeon E5603 with 4 cores 1.6GHz . 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 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 1.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 4MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon E5603 's Advantages

Lower TDP (80W vs 120W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

EPYC 7272 +505%

1217

Intel Xeon E5603

201

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

EPYC 7272 +1039%

6675

Intel Xeon E5603

586

EPYC 7272

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Intel Xeon E5603

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Feb 2011

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Westmere-EP

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1366

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon (Westmere-EP)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

1.17 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

120 W

Power Consumption

80 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

239 mm²

CPU Performance

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.6 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

0

12

Total Core Count

4

24

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

12.0

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

4 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

3

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

2

128

PCIe Lanes

-

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