Intel Xeon E3 1278L v4 vs AMD EPYC 7502

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We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E3 1278L v4 with 4 cores 2GHz and AMD EPYC 7502 with 32 cores 2.5GHz . 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 180W)

AMD EPYC 7502 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 2 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 6MB)

Score

Intel Xeon E3 1278L v4

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AMD EPYC 7502

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

Intel BGA 1364

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

47 W

Power Consumption

180 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

182 mm²

Die Size

74 mm²

FC-BGA14F

Package

FCLGA-4094

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.35 GHz

4

Total Core Count

32

8

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

25.0

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

128 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

4

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