Intel Xeon E3 1240 vs AMD EPYC 9124

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Intel Xeon E3-1240

AMD EPYC 9124

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E3 1240 with 4 cores 3.3GHz and AMD EPYC 9124 with 16 cores 3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E3 1240 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 3GHz)

Lower TDP (80W vs 200W)

AMD EPYC 9124 's Advantages

Released 11 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E3 1240

925

AMD EPYC 9124 +112%

1970

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E3 1240

2989

AMD EPYC 9124 +457%

16674

Intel Xeon E3 1240

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AMD EPYC 9124

General Parameters

Apr 2011

Release Date

Nov 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge

Core Architecture

Genoa

Intel Socket 1155

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E3 (Sandy Bridge)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))

Package

1.16 billions

Transistor Count

26.28 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

80 W

Power Consumption

200 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

216 mm²

Die Size

4x72 mm²

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I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

397 mm²

CPU Performance

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3 GHz

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

4

Total Core Count

16

8

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

33.0

Multiplier

30.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

2

Max Memory Channels

12

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

5

16

PCIe Lanes

128

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