Intel Xeon E5606 vs AMD EPYC 73F3

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Intel Xeon E5606

AMD EPYC 73F3

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5606 with 4 cores 2.133GHz and AMD EPYC 73F3 with 16 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5606 's Advantages

Lower TDP (80W vs 240W)

AMD EPYC 73F3 's Advantages

Released 10 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.133GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5606

305

AMD EPYC 73F3 +64%

501

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5606

1523

AMD EPYC 73F3 +54%

2348

Intel Xeon E5606

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AMD EPYC 73F3

General Parameters

Feb 2011

Release Date

Mar 2021

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Westmere-EP

Core Architecture

Milan

Intel Socket 1366

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon (Westmere-EP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 3 (Milan))

Package

1.17 billions

Transistor Count

33.2 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

80 W

Power Consumption

240 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

239 mm²

Die Size

8x81 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

12 nm

-

I/O Die Size

416 mm²

CPU Performance

2.133 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

4

Total Core Count

16

4

Total Thread Count

32

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

16.0

Multiplier

35.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 KB per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

256 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

Cores per CCD

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

3

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

4

-

PCIe Lanes

128

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