Intel Xeon E5 2640 vs AMD EPYC 7551P

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Intel Xeon E5-2640

AMD EPYC 7551P

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2640 with 6 cores 2.5GHz and AMD EPYC 7551P with 32 cores 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

Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2GHz)

Lower TDP (95W vs 180W)

AMD EPYC 7551P 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 15MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2640

800

AMD EPYC 7551P +16%

931

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2640

3177

AMD EPYC 7551P +94%

6192

Intel Xeon E5 2640

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AMD EPYC 7551P

General Parameters

Mar 2012

Release Date

Jun 2017

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge-EP

Core Architecture

Naples

Intel Socket 2011

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Package

2.27 billions

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

180 W

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Peak Operating Temperature

81 °C

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

435 mm²

Die Size

213 mm²

CPU Performance

2.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3 GHz

6

Total Core Count

32

12

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

25.0

Multiplier

20.0

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

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

4

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

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