Intel Xeon E5 2440 vs AMD EPYC 7642

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Intel Xeon E5 2440 AMD EPYC 7642

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2440 with 6 cores 2.4GHz and AMD EPYC 7642 with 48 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 2440 's Advantages

Lower TDP (95W vs 225W)

AMD EPYC 7642 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR3)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 15MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2440

270

AMD EPYC 7642 +341%

1191

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2440

1813

AMD EPYC 7642 +526%

11362

Intel Xeon E5 2440

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AMD EPYC 7642

General Parameters

May 2012

Release Date

Aug 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge-EN

Core Architecture

Rome

Intel Socket 1356

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EN)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Package

1.27 billions

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

Intel Socket 1356

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

95 W

Power Consumption

225 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

294 mm²

Die Size

74 mm²

-

Package

FCLGA-4094

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

6

Total Core Count

48

12

Total Thread Count

96

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

24.0

Multiplier

24.0

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

256 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

4

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