Intel Xeon E5 2665 vs AMD EPYC 9684X

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Intel Xeon E5-2665

AMD EPYC 9684X

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2665 with 8 cores 2.4GHz and AMD EPYC 9684X with 96 cores 2.55GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2665 's Advantages

Lower TDP (115W vs 400W)

AMD EPYC 9684X 's Advantages

Released 11 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.55GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (1152MB vs 20MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2665

554

AMD EPYC 9684X +278%

2097

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2665

4680

AMD EPYC 9684X +350%

21077

Intel Xeon E5 2665

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AMD EPYC 9684X

General Parameters

Mar 2012

Release Date

Jun 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge-EP

Core Architecture

Genoa-X

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

135.24 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

115 W

Power Consumption

400 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

435 mm²

Die Size

12x72 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

397 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.55 GHz

3.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

8

Total Core Count

96

16

Total Thread Count

192

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

24.0

Multiplier

25.5

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

20 MB shared

L3 Cache

1152 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

4

Max Memory Channels

12

-

Max Memory Bandwidth

460.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

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Official Website

AMD EPYC 9684X

3

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

128

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