Intel Xeon D 1540 vs AMD EPYC 7281

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Intel Xeon D-1540

AMD EPYC 7281

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon D 1540 with 8 cores 2GHz and AMD EPYC 7281 with 16 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon D 1540 's Advantages

Lower TDP (45W vs 170W)

AMD EPYC 7281 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 4)

Higher base frequency (2.1GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 1.5MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon D 1540 +48%

834

AMD EPYC 7281

560

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon D 1540 +883%

4483

AMD EPYC 7281

456

Intel Xeon D 1540

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AMD EPYC 7281

General Parameters

Mar 2015

Release Date

Jun 2017

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Broadwell

Core Architecture

Naples

Intel BGA 1667

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon D (Broadwell-DE)

Generation

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Package

3.2 billions

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

45 W

Power Consumption

170 W

80 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

246 mm²

Die Size

213 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

2.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.7 GHz

8

Total Core Count

16

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

21.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

1.5 MB per core

L3 Cache

32 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3,DDR4

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

2

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

24

PCIe Lanes

-

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