Intel Xeon E3 1280 vs AMD EPYC 9554

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Intel Xeon E3-1280

AMD EPYC 9554

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E3 1280 with 4 cores 3.5GHz and AMD EPYC 9554 with 64 cores 3.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E3 1280 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.1GHz)

Lower TDP (95W vs 360W)

AMD EPYC 9554 '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 (256MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E3 1280

1348

AMD EPYC 9554 +49%

2013

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E3 1280

4533

AMD EPYC 9554 +323%

19184

Intel Xeon E3 1280

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AMD EPYC 9554

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

52.56 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

360 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

216 mm²

Die Size

8x72 mm²

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I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

397 mm²

CPU Performance

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.1 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.75 GHz

4

Total Core Count

64

8

Total Thread Count

128

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35.0

Multiplier

31.0

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

256 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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