EPYC 7272 vs Intel Xeon E7 8890 v3

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AMD EPYC 7272

Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3

We compared two server CPUs: EPYC 7272 with 12 cores 2.9GHz and Intel Xeon E7 8890 v3 with 18 cores 2.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

EPYC 7272 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 2 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 1866)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.5GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 45MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 22nm)

Lower TDP (120W vs 165W)

Score

EPYC 7272

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Intel Xeon E7 8890 v3

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Jun 2015

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Haswell-EX

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon E7 (Haswell-EX)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

1.4 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

120 W

Power Consumption

165 W

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Peak Operating Temperature

79 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

160 mm²

CPU Performance

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.3 GHz

12

Total Core Count

18

24

Total Thread Count

36

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

25.0

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

45 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

8

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR3,DDR4-1866

8

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

3

128

PCIe Lanes

32

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