Intel Xeon E5 2698A v3 vs AMD Threadripper PRO 7985WX

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Intel Xeon E5-2698A v3

AMD Threadripper PRO 7985WX

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2698A v3 with 16 cores 2.8GHz and AMD Threadripper PRO 7985WX with 64 cores 3.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2698A v3 's Advantages

Lower TDP (165W vs 350W)

AMD Threadripper PRO 7985WX 's Advantages

Released 8 years and 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2133)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.8GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 40MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 22nm)

Score

Intel Xeon E5 2698A v3

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AMD Threadripper PRO 7985WX

General Parameters

Nov 2014

Release Date

Oct 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Haswell-EP

Core Architecture

Storm Peak

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

AMD Socket sTR5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Generation

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 4 (Storm Peak))

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

52.56 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

165 W

Power Consumption

350 W

88 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

356 mm²

Die Size

8x71 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

388 mm²

CPU Performance

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.1 GHz

16

Total Core Count

64

32

Total Thread Count

128

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

28.0

Multiplier

32.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

64 MB

40 MB shared

L3 Cache

256 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

-

Max Memory Size

2 TB

4

Max Memory Channels

8

-

Max Memory Bandwidth

332.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD Threadripper PRO 7985WX

3

PCIe Version

5

40

PCIe Lanes

128

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