Intel Xeon E5 2658 vs AMD EPYC 7281

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Intel Xeon E5-2658

AMD EPYC 7281

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2658 with 8 cores 2.1GHz and AMD EPYC 7281 with 16 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2658 's Advantages

Lower TDP (95W vs 170W)

AMD EPYC 7281 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 20MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2658

451

AMD EPYC 7281 +24%

560

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2658 +762%

3932

AMD EPYC 7281

456

Intel Xeon E5 2658

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AMD EPYC 7281

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

170 W

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Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

435 mm²

Die Size

213 mm²

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.7 GHz

8

Total Core Count

16

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

21.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

20 MB shared

L3 Cache

32 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

2

SMP

2

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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