Intel Xeon E7 8870 vs AMD EPYC 7473X

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Intel Xeon E7-8870

AMD EPYC 7473X

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E7 8870 with 10 cores 2.4GHz and AMD EPYC 7473X with 24 cores 2.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E7 8870 's Advantages

Lower TDP (130W vs 240W)

AMD EPYC 7473X 's Advantages

Released 10 years and 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (768MB vs 30MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E7 8870

369

AMD EPYC 7473X +384%

1786

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E7 8870

3059

AMD EPYC 7473X +417%

15829

Intel Xeon E7 8870

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AMD EPYC 7473X

General Parameters

Apr 2011

Release Date

Mar 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Westmere-EX

Core Architecture

Milan-X

Intel Socket 1567

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E7 (Westmere-EX)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 3 (Milan))

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

33.2 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

130 W

Power Consumption

240 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

513 mm²

Die Size

8x81 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

12 nm

-

I/O Die Size

416 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

10

Total Core Count

24

20

Total Thread Count

48

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

18.0

Multiplier

28.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

30 MB shared

L3 Cache

768 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

Cores per CCD

3

8

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

4

-

PCIe Lanes

128

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