Intel Xeon E5 1620 vs AMD EPYC 8124PN

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Intel Xeon E5-1620

AMD EPYC 8124PN

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 1620 with 4 cores 3.6GHz and AMD EPYC 8124PN with 16 cores 2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 1620 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2GHz)

AMD EPYC 8124PN 's Advantages

Released 11 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 10MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 32nm)

Lower TDP (100W vs 130W)

Score

Intel Xeon E5 1620

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AMD EPYC 8124PN

General Parameters

Mar 2012

Release Date

Sep 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge-E

Core Architecture

Siena

Intel Socket 2011

Socket

AMD Socket SP6

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-E)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 4c (Siena))

Package

1.27 billions

Transistor Count

17.75 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

130 W

Power Consumption

100 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

294 mm²

Die Size

2x73 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

397 mm²

CPU Performance

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3 GHz

4

Total Core Count

16

8

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36.0

Multiplier

20.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

10 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

4

Max Memory Channels

6

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

96

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