Xeon E5530 vs AMD EPYC 9655

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Intel Xeon E5530

AMD EPYC 9655

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon E5530 with 4 cores 2.4GHz and AMD EPYC 9655 with 96 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon E5530 's Advantages

Lower TDP (80W vs 400W)

AMD EPYC 9655 's Advantages

Released 15 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 1066)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (384MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 45nm)

Score

Xeon E5530

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AMD EPYC 9655

General Parameters

Mar 2009

Release Date

Oct 2024

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Gainestown

Core Architecture

Turin

Intel Socket 1366

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon(Gainestown)

Generation

EPYC(Zen 5 (Turin))

Package

0.731 billions

Transistor Count

99.78 billions

45 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

80 W

Power Consumption

400 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

263 mm²

Die Size

12x70.6 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

mm²

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

96

-

Performance Core Threads

192

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.6 GHz

2.666 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 GHz

4

Total Core Count

96

8

Total Thread Count

192

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

18.0

Multiplier

26.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

256 KB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

384 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3-1066

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

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD EPYC 9655

2

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

128

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