EPYC 7272 vs Xeon E 2486

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AMD EPYC 7272

Intel Xeon E-2486

We compared two server CPUs: EPYC 7272 with 12 cores 2.9GHz and Xeon E 2486 with 6 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

EPYC 7272 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 18MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 10nm)

Xeon E 2486 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3200)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Lower TDP (95W vs 120W)

Score

EPYC 7272

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Xeon E 2486

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Dec 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Raptor Lake-S

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon E (Raptor Lake)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

120 W

Power Consumption

95 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

163 mm²

CPU Performance

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.6 GHz

12

Total Core Count

6

24

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

35.0

96 KB per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

1.25 MB per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

18 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

8

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

5

128

PCIe Lanes

16

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