Intel Xeon E5 2690 vs AMD EPYC 9455

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Intel Xeon E5-2690

AMD EPYC 9455

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2690 with 8 cores 2.9GHz and AMD EPYC 9455 with 48 cores 3.15GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2690 's Advantages

Lower TDP (135W vs 300W)

AMD EPYC 9455 's Advantages

Released 12 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (3.15GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (192MB vs 20MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 32nm)

Score

Intel Xeon E5 2690

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AMD EPYC 9455

General Parameters

Mar 2012

Release Date

Oct 2024

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge-EP

Core Architecture

Turin

Intel Socket 2011

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)

Generation

EPYC(Zen 5 (Turin))

Package

2.27 billions

Transistor Count

49.89 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

135 W

Power Consumption

300 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

435 mm²

Die Size

6x70.6 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

mm²

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

48

-

Performance Core Threads

96

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.15 GHz

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

8

Total Core Count

48

16

Total Thread Count

96

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

31.5

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

20 MB shared

L3 Cache

192 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR5-6000

-

Max Memory Size

6 TB

4

Max Memory Channels

12

-

Max Memory Bandwidth

576 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD EPYC 9455

3

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

128

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