Intel Xeon E3 1220 v5 vs AMD EPYC 9255

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Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5

AMD EPYC 9255

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E3 1220 v5 with 4 cores 3GHz and AMD EPYC 9255 with 24 cores 3.25GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E3 1220 v5 's Advantages

Lower TDP (80W vs 200W)

AMD EPYC 9255 's Advantages

Released 9 years late

Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 2133)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (3.25GHz vs 3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)

Score

Intel Xeon E3 1220 v5

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AMD EPYC 9255

General Parameters

Oct 2015

Release Date

Oct 2024

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Skylake-DT

Core Architecture

Turin

Intel Socket 1151

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E3 (Skylake-DT)

Generation

EPYC(Zen 5 (Turin))

Package

1.75 billions

Transistor Count

33.26 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

80 W

Power Consumption

200 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

122 mm²

Die Size

4x70.6 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

mm²

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

24

-

Performance Core Threads

48

3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.25 GHz

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.8 GHz

4

Total Core Count

24

4

Total Thread Count

48

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

30.0

Multiplier

32.5

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

128 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3,DDR4-2133

Memory Types

DDR5-6000

-

Max Memory Size

6 TB

2

Max Memory Channels

12

-

Max Memory Bandwidth

576 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD EPYC 9255

3

PCIe Version

5

16

PCIe Lanes

128

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