EPYC 7552 vs Intel Xeon E5 2690

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AMD EPYC 7552

Intel Xeon E5-2690

We compared two server CPUs: EPYC 7552 with 48 cores 2.2GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2690 with 8 cores 2.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

EPYC 7552 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (192MB vs 20MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon E5 2690 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.2GHz)

Lower TDP (135W vs 200W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

EPYC 7552 +21%

1313

Intel Xeon E5 2690

1084

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

EPYC 7552 +35%

12986

Intel Xeon E5 2690

9549

EPYC 7552

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Intel Xeon E5 2690

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Mar 2012

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge-EP

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

2.27 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

200 W

Power Consumption

135 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

435 mm²

CPU Performance

2.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

48

Total Core Count

8

96

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

22.0

Multiplier

29.0

96 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

192 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

3

128

PCIe Lanes

-

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