Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3 vs AMD EPYC 9354

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Intel Xeon E5-2686 v3

AMD EPYC 9354

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3 with 18 cores 2GHz and AMD EPYC 9354 with 32 cores 3.25GHz . 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 280W)

AMD EPYC 9354 's Advantages

Released 8 years and 2 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 2133)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (3.25GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 45MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 22nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3

1033

AMD EPYC 9354 +87%

1934

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3

8649

AMD EPYC 9354 +142%

20933

Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3

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AMD EPYC 9354

General Parameters

Sep 2014

Release Date

Nov 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Haswell-EP

Core Architecture

Genoa

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

52.56 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

120 W

Power Consumption

280 W

83 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

356 mm²

Die Size

8x72 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

397 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.25 GHz

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

18

Total Core Count

32

36

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

32.5

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

45 MB shared

L3 Cache

256 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3,DDR4-2133

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

4

Max Memory Channels

12

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

5

40

PCIe Lanes

128

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