Xeon E5540 vs AMD EPYC 7663

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Intel Xeon E5540

AMD EPYC 7663

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon E5540 with 4 cores 2.533GHz and AMD EPYC 7663 with 56 cores 2GHz . 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 2GHz)

Lower TDP (80W vs 240W)

AMD EPYC 7663 's Advantages

Released 12 years late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 1066)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 45nm)

Score

Xeon E5540

VS

AMD EPYC 7663

General Parameters

Mar 2009

Release Date

Mar 2021

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Gainestown

Core Architecture

Milan

Intel Socket 1366

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon(Gainestown)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 3 (Milan))

Package

0.731 billions

Transistor Count

33.2 billions

45 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

80 W

Power Consumption

240 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

263 mm²

Die Size

8x81 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

12 nm

-

I/O Die Size

416 mm²

CPU Performance

2.533 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

4

Total Core Count

56

8

Total Thread Count

112

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

19.0

Multiplier

20.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

256 KB per core

L2 Cache

512 KB per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

256 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

Cores per CCD

7

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

-

PCIe Lanes

128

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