Intel Xeon W3690 vs AMD EPYC 9135
We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon W3690 with 6 cores 3.466GHz and AMD EPYC 9135 with 16 cores 3.65GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Intel Xeon W3690 's Advantages
Lower TDP (130W vs 200W)
AMD EPYC 9135 's Advantages
Released 13 years and 8 months late
Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)
Higher base frequency (3.65GHz vs 3.466GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 12MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 32nm)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Xeon W3690
603
AMD EPYC 9135
+324%
2561
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Xeon W3690
2684
AMD EPYC 9135
+578%
18218
General Parameters
Feb 2011
Release Date
Oct 2024
Intel
Manufacturer
AMD
Server
Type
Server
Gulftown
Core Architecture
Turin
Intel Socket 1366
Socket
AMD Socket SP5
N/A
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Xeon (Gulftown)
Generation
EPYC(Zen 5 (Turin))
Package
1.17 billions
Transistor Count
16.63 billions
32 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
130 W
Power Consumption
200 W
Intel
Foundry
TSMC
239 mm²
Die Size
2x70.6 mm²
-
I/O Process Size
6 nm
-
I/O Die Size
mm²
CPU Performance
-
Performance Cores
16
-
Performance Core Threads
32
3.466 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.65 GHz
3.733 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.3 GHz
6
Total Core Count
16
12
Total Thread Count
32
133 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
26.0
Multiplier
36.5
64 K per core
L1 Cache
80 KB per core
256 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
12 MB shared
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
Yes
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
SMP
2
Memory Parameters
DDR3
Memory Types
DDR5-6000
-
Max Memory Size
6 TB
3
Max Memory Channels
12
-
Max Memory Bandwidth
576 GB/s
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
