Intel Xeon E5 2420 vs AMD EPYC Embedded 3101

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Intel Xeon E5-2420

AMD EPYC Embedded 3101

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2420 with 6 cores 1.9GHz and AMD EPYC Embedded 3101 with 4 cores 2.1GHz . 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

Larger L3 cache size (15MB vs 8MB)

AMD EPYC Embedded 3101 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.1GHz vs 1.9GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)

Lower TDP (35W vs 95W)

Score

Intel Xeon E5 2420

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AMD EPYC Embedded 3101

General Parameters

May 2012

Release Date

Feb 2018

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge-EN

Core Architecture

Zen

Intel Socket 1356

Socket

AMD BGA SP4r2

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EN)

Generation

EPYC Embedded (Zen (Snowy Owl))

Package

1.27 billions

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

35 W

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

294 mm²

Die Size

213 mm²

CPU Performance

1.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.9 GHz

6

Total Core Count

4

12

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

19.0

Multiplier

21.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

15 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

32

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