Intel Xeon E3 1290 vs AMD EPYC 9355

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Intel Xeon E3-1290

AMD EPYC 9355

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E3 1290 with 4 cores 3.6GHz and AMD EPYC 9355 with 32 cores 3.55GHz . 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 3.55GHz)

Lower TDP (95W vs 280W)

AMD EPYC 9355 's Advantages

Released 13 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 32nm)

Score

Intel Xeon E3 1290

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AMD EPYC 9355

General Parameters

May 2011

Release Date

Oct 2024

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge

Core Architecture

Turin

Intel Socket 1155

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E3 (Sandy Bridge)

Generation

EPYC(Zen 5 (Turin))

Package

1.16 billions

Transistor Count

66.52 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

280 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

216 mm²

Die Size

8x70.6 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

mm²

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

32

-

Performance Core Threads

64

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.55 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

4

Total Core Count

32

8

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36.0

Multiplier

35.5

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB 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

DDR5-6000

-

Max Memory Size

6 TB

2

Max Memory Channels

12

-

Max Memory Bandwidth

576 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD EPYC 9355

3

PCIe Version

5

16

PCIe Lanes

128

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