Intel Xeon E5 2420 vs AMD EPYC 7303

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Intel Xeon E5-2420

AMD EPYC 7303

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2420 with 6 cores 1.9GHz and AMD EPYC 7303 with 16 cores 2.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2420 's Advantages

Lower TDP (95W vs 130W)

AMD EPYC 7303 's Advantages

Released 11 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 1.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 15MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2420

371

AMD EPYC 7303 +332%

1605

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2420

1884

AMD EPYC 7303 +609%

13363

Intel Xeon E5 2420

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AMD EPYC 7303

General Parameters

May 2012

Release Date

Sep 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge-EN

Core Architecture

Milan

Intel Socket 1356

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EN)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 3 (Milan))

Package

1.27 billions

Transistor Count

8.3 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

130 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

294 mm²

Die Size

2x81 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

12 nm

-

I/O Die Size

416 mm²

CPU Performance

1.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

6

Total Core Count

16

12

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

19.0

Multiplier

24.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 KB per core

15 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

Cores per CCD

8

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

4

-

PCIe Lanes

128

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