Intel Xeon E5 1620 v3 vs EPYC 7272

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Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3

AMD EPYC 7272

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 1620 v3 with 4 cores 3.5GHz and EPYC 7272 with 12 cores 2.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 1620 v3 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.9GHz)

EPYC 7272 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2133)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 10MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 22nm)

Lower TDP (120W vs 140W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 1620 v3

1092

EPYC 7272 +11%

1217

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 1620 v3

3974

EPYC 7272 +67%

6675

Intel Xeon E5 1620 v3

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EPYC 7272

General Parameters

Sep 2014

Release Date

Aug 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Haswell-EP

Core Architecture

Rome

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

140 W

Power Consumption

120 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

356 mm²

Die Size

74 mm²

CPU Performance

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

4

Total Core Count

12

8

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35.0

Multiplier

29.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 KB per core

10 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

4

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

4

40

PCIe Lanes

128

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