Intel Xeon E5 2685 v3 vs AMD EPYC 9684X

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Intel Xeon E5-2685 v3

AMD EPYC 9684X

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2685 v3 with 12 cores 2.6GHz 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 2685 v3 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.55GHz)

Lower TDP (120W vs 400W)

AMD EPYC 9684X 's Advantages

Released 8 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 2133)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (1152MB vs 30MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 22nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2685 v3

1010

AMD EPYC 9684X +107%

2097

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2685 v3

5554

AMD EPYC 9684X +279%

21077

Intel Xeon E5 2685 v3

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AMD EPYC 9684X

General Parameters

Sep 2014

Release Date

Jun 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Haswell-EP

Core Architecture

Genoa-X

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

135.24 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

120 W

Power Consumption

400 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

356 mm²

Die Size

12x72 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

397 mm²

CPU Performance

2.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.55 GHz

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

12

Total Core Count

96

12

Total Thread Count

192

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

26.0

Multiplier

25.5

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

1152 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3,DDR4-2133

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

4

Max Memory Channels

12

-

Max Memory Bandwidth

460.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD EPYC 9684X

3

PCIe Version

5

40

PCIe Lanes

128

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