Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3 vs AMD EPYC 7303

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Intel Xeon E5-2686 v3

AMD EPYC 7303

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3 with 18 cores 2GHz and AMD EPYC 7303 with 16 cores 2.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3 's Advantages

Lower TDP (120W vs 130W)

AMD EPYC 7303 's Advantages

Released 9 years late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2133)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 45MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 22nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3

1033

AMD EPYC 7303 +55%

1605

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3

8649

AMD EPYC 7303 +54%

13363

Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3

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AMD EPYC 7303

General Parameters

Sep 2014

Release Date

Sep 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Haswell-EP

Core Architecture

Milan

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 3 (Milan))

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

8.3 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

120 W

Power Consumption

130 W

83 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

356 mm²

Die Size

2x81 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

12 nm

-

I/O Die Size

416 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

18

Total Core Count

16

36

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

24.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 KB per core

45 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

Cores per CCD

8

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3,DDR4-2133

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

4

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

4

40

PCIe Lanes

128

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