Intel Xeon E5 2640 vs AMD EPYC 7343

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Intel Xeon E5-2640

AMD EPYC 7343

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2640 with 6 cores 2.5GHz and AMD EPYC 7343 with 16 cores 3.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2640 's Advantages

Lower TDP (95W vs 190W)

AMD EPYC 7343 's Advantages

Released 9 years late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.5GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 15MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2640

800

AMD EPYC 7343 +26%

1014

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2640 +23%

3177

AMD EPYC 7343

2582

Intel Xeon E5 2640

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AMD EPYC 7343

General Parameters

Mar 2012

Release Date

Mar 2021

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge-EP

Core Architecture

Milan

Intel Socket 2011

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 3 (Milan))

Package

2.27 billions

Transistor Count

16.6 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

190 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

435 mm²

Die Size

4x81 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

12 nm

-

I/O Die Size

416 mm²

CPU Performance

2.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

6

Total Core Count

16

12

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

25.0

Multiplier

32.0

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

128 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

Cores per CCD

4

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

4

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

4

-

PCIe Lanes

128

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