Xeon E5540 vs AMD EPYC 7502

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Intel Xeon E5540

AMD EPYC 7502

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon E5540 with 4 cores 2.533GHz and AMD EPYC 7502 with 32 cores 2.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon E5540 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.533GHz vs 2.5GHz)

Lower TDP (80W vs 180W)

AMD EPYC 7502 's Advantages

Released 10 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 1066)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 45nm)

Score

Xeon E5540

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AMD EPYC 7502

General Parameters

Mar 2009

Release Date

Aug 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Gainestown

Core Architecture

Rome

Intel Socket 1366

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon(Gainestown)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Package

0.731 billions

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

45 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

80 W

Power Consumption

180 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

263 mm²

Die Size

74 mm²

CPU Performance

2.533 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.35 GHz

4

Total Core Count

32

8

Total Thread Count

64

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

19.0

Multiplier

25.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

256 KB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

128 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3-1066

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

3

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

4

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