Intel Xeon E5 2640 vs AMD EPYC Embedded 3251

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Intel Xeon E5-2640

AMD EPYC Embedded 3251

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2640 with 6 cores 2.5GHz and AMD EPYC Embedded 3251 with 8 cores 2.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC Embedded 3251 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 15MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)

Lower TDP (55W vs 95W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2640

800

AMD EPYC Embedded 3251 +8%

870

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2640

3177

AMD EPYC Embedded 3251 +55%

4939

Intel Xeon E5 2640

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AMD EPYC Embedded 3251

General Parameters

Mar 2012

Release Date

Feb 2018

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge-EP

Core Architecture

Zen

Intel Socket 2011

Socket

AMD BGA SP4r2

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)

Generation

EPYC Embedded (Zen (Snowy Owl))

Package

2.27 billions

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

55 W

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

435 mm²

Die Size

213 mm²

CPU Performance

2.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.1 GHz

6

Total Core Count

8

12

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

25.0

Multiplier

25.0

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

16 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

4

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

32

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