Intel Xeon E3 1290 vs AMD EPYC 7601

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Intel Xeon E3-1290

AMD EPYC 7601

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E3 1290 with 4 cores 3.6GHz and AMD EPYC 7601 with 32 cores 2.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E3 1290 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.2GHz)

Lower TDP (95W vs 180W)

AMD EPYC 7601 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E3 1290 +40%

833

AMD EPYC 7601

595

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E3 1290 +396%

2870

AMD EPYC 7601

578

Intel Xeon E3 1290

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AMD EPYC 7601

General Parameters

May 2011

Release Date

Jun 2017

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge

Core Architecture

Naples

Intel Socket 1155

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E3 (Sandy Bridge)

Generation

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Package

1.16 billions

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

180 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

81 °C

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

216 mm²

Die Size

213 mm²

CPU Performance

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

4

Total Core Count

32

8

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36.0

Multiplier

22.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

2

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

16

PCIe Lanes

-

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