Intel Xeon E5 2640 vs AMD EPYC 9224

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Intel Xeon E5-2640

AMD EPYC 9224

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2640 with 6 cores 2.5GHz and AMD EPYC 9224 with 24 cores 2.5GHz . 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 200W)

AMD EPYC 9224 's Advantages

Released 10 years and 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 15MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2640

800

AMD EPYC 9224 +140%

1923

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2640

3177

AMD EPYC 9224 +468%

18066

Intel Xeon E5 2640

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AMD EPYC 9224

General Parameters

Mar 2012

Release Date

Nov 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge-EP

Core Architecture

Genoa

Intel Socket 2011

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))

Package

2.27 billions

Transistor Count

26.28 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

200 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

435 mm²

Die Size

4x72 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

397 mm²

CPU Performance

2.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

6

Total Core Count

24

12

Total Thread Count

48

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

25.0

Multiplier

25.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

15 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

4

Max Memory Channels

12

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

128

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