Intel Xeon E7 8860 vs AMD EPYC 7281

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Intel Xeon E7-8860

AMD EPYC 7281

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E7 8860 with 10 cores 2.276GHz and AMD EPYC 7281 with 16 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E7 8860 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.276GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Lower TDP (130W vs 170W)

AMD EPYC 7281 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 2 months late

Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 30MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)

Score

Intel Xeon E7 8860

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AMD EPYC 7281

General Parameters

Apr 2011

Release Date

Jun 2017

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Westmere-EX

Core Architecture

Naples

Intel Socket 1567

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E7 (Westmere-EX)

Generation

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

130 W

Power Consumption

170 W

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Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

513 mm²

Die Size

213 mm²

CPU Performance

2.276 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

2.667 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.7 GHz

10

Total Core Count

16

20

Total Thread Count

32

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

17.0

Multiplier

21.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

30 MB shared

L3 Cache

32 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

8

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

3

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