Intel Xeon E3 1278L v4 vs AMD EPYC 7272

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Intel Xeon E3-1278L v4

AMD EPYC 7272

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E3 1278L v4 with 4 cores 2GHz and AMD EPYC 7272 with 12 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 1278L v4 's Advantages

Lower TDP (47W vs 120W)

AMD EPYC 7272 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 2 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 1600)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 6MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Score

Intel Xeon E3 1278L v4

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AMD EPYC 7272

General Parameters

Jun 2015

Release Date

Aug 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Broadwell-DT

Core Architecture

Rome

Intel BGA 1364

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

Intel Iris Pro P6300

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E3 (Broadwell-DT)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Package

-

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

47 W

Power Consumption

120 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

182 mm²

Die Size

74 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.6 GHz

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

4

Total Core Count

12

8

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

26.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

256 KB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

6 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3-1600

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

2

Max Memory Channels

8

25.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

-

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

Intel Xeon E3 1278L v4

Official Website

-

3

PCIe Version

4

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