Intel Xeon E3 1278L v4 vs AMD EPYC 9254

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Intel Xeon E3-1278L v4

AMD EPYC 9254

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E3 1278L v4 with 4 cores 2GHz and AMD EPYC 9254 with 24 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 1278L v4 's Advantages

Lower TDP (47W vs 200W)

AMD EPYC 9254 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 1600)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 6MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Score

Intel Xeon E3 1278L v4

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AMD EPYC 9254

General Parameters

Jun 2015

Release Date

Nov 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Broadwell-DT

Core Architecture

Genoa

Intel BGA 1364

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

Intel Iris Pro P6300

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E3 (Broadwell-DT)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))

Package

-

Transistor Count

26.28 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

47 W

Power Consumption

200 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

182 mm²

Die Size

4x72 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

397 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.15 GHz

4

Total Core Count

24

8

Total Thread Count

48

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

29.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 KB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

6 MB shared

L3 Cache

128 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3-1600

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

2

Max Memory Channels

12

25.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

-

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

Intel Xeon E3 1278L v4

Official Website

-

3

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

128

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