Intel Xeon E3 1220 vs EPYC 7272

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Intel Xeon E3-1220

AMD EPYC 7272

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E3 1220 with 4 cores 3.1GHz and EPYC 7272 with 12 cores 2.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E3 1220 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.1GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Lower TDP (80W vs 120W)

EPYC 7272 's Advantages

Released 8 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E3 1220

667

EPYC 7272 +82%

1217

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E3 1220

1192

EPYC 7272 +459%

6675

Intel Xeon E3 1220

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EPYC 7272

General Parameters

Apr 2011

Release Date

Aug 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge

Core Architecture

Rome

Intel Socket 1155

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E3 (Sandy Bridge)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Package

1.16 billions

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

80 W

Power Consumption

120 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

216 mm²

Die Size

74 mm²

CPU Performance

3.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

4

Total Core Count

12

4

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

31.0

Multiplier

29.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 KB per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

2

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

4

16

PCIe Lanes

128

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