Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3 vs AMD EPYC 8124PN

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Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

AMD EPYC 8124PN

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3 with 12 cores 2.5GHz and AMD EPYC 8124PN with 16 cores 2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2GHz)

AMD EPYC 8124PN 's Advantages

Released 8 years and 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 2133)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 30MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 22nm)

Lower TDP (100W vs 120W)

Score

Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3

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AMD EPYC 8124PN

General Parameters

Jan 2015

Release Date

Sep 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Haswell-EP

Core Architecture

Siena

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

AMD Socket SP6

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 4c (Siena))

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

17.75 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

120 W

Power Consumption

100 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

356 mm²

Die Size

2x73 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

397 mm²

CPU Performance

2.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3 GHz

12

Total Core Count

16

24

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

25.0

Multiplier

20.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

30 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR3,DDR4-2133

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

4

Max Memory Channels

6

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

5

40

PCIe Lanes

96

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