Intel Xeon W3690 vs AMD EPYC 7473X

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Intel Xeon W3690

AMD EPYC 7473X

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon W3690 with 6 cores 3.466GHz 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 W3690 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.466GHz vs 2.8GHz)

Lower TDP (130W vs 240W)

AMD EPYC 7473X 's Advantages

Released 11 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (768MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon W3690

603

AMD EPYC 7473X +196%

1786

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon W3690

2684

AMD EPYC 7473X +489%

15829

Intel Xeon W3690

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AMD EPYC 7473X

General Parameters

Feb 2011

Release Date

Mar 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Gulftown

Core Architecture

Milan-X

Intel Socket 1366

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon (Gulftown)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 3 (Milan))

Package

1.17 billions

Transistor Count

33.2 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

130 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

3.466 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

3.733 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

6

Total Core Count

24

12

Total Thread Count

48

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

26.0

Multiplier

28.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

12 MB shared

L3 Cache

768 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

Cores per CCD

3

1

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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