Intel Xeon E3 1240 v5 vs AMD EPYC 9655

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Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5

AMD EPYC 9655

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E3 1240 v5 with 4 cores 3.5GHz and AMD EPYC 9655 with 96 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E3 1240 v5 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.6GHz)

Lower TDP (80W vs 400W)

AMD EPYC 9655 's Advantages

Released 9 years late

Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 2133)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (384MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)

Score

Intel Xeon E3 1240 v5

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AMD EPYC 9655

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

99.78 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

80 W

Power Consumption

400 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

122 mm²

Die Size

12x70.6 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

mm²

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

96

-

Performance Core Threads

192

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.6 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 GHz

4

Total Core Count

96

8

Total Thread Count

192

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35.0

Multiplier

26.0

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

384 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 9655

3

PCIe Version

5

16

PCIe Lanes

128

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