Intel Xeon E7 8870 v3 vs AMD EPYC 7501

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Intel Xeon E7-8870 v3

AMD EPYC 7501

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E7 8870 v3 with 18 cores 2.1GHz and AMD EPYC 7501 with 32 cores 2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E7 8870 v3 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.1GHz vs 2GHz)

Lower TDP (140W vs 170W)

AMD EPYC 7501 's Advantages

Released 2 years late

Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 1866)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 45MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)

Score

Intel Xeon E7 8870 v3

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AMD EPYC 7501

General Parameters

Jun 2015

Release Date

Jun 2017

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Haswell-EX

Core Architecture

Naples

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E7 (Haswell-EX)

Generation

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Package

1.4 billions

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

140 W

Power Consumption

170 W

75 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

160 mm²

Die Size

213 mm²

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3 GHz

18

Total Core Count

32

36

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

20.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

45 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

8

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3,DDR4-1866

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

2

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

32

PCIe Lanes

-

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