Intel Xeon L5640 vs AMD EPYC 7203

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Intel Xeon L5640

AMD EPYC 7203

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon L5640 with 6 cores 2.266GHz and AMD EPYC 7203 with 8 cores 2.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon L5640 's Advantages

Lower TDP (60W vs 120W)

AMD EPYC 7203 's Advantages

Released 13 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.266GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)

Score

Intel Xeon L5640

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AMD EPYC 7203

General Parameters

Mar 2010

Release Date

Sep 2023

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

8.3 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

60 W

Power Consumption

120 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

239 mm²

Die Size

2x81 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

12 nm

-

I/O Die Size

416 mm²

CPU Performance

2.266 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

6

Total Core Count

8

12

Total Thread Count

16

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

17.0

Multiplier

28.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 KB per core

12 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

Cores per CCD

4

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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