Xeon E5540 vs AMD EPYC 9355

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Intel Xeon E5540

AMD EPYC 9355

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon E5540 with 4 cores 2.533GHz and AMD EPYC 9355 with 32 cores 3.55GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon E5540 's Advantages

Lower TDP (80W vs 280W)

AMD EPYC 9355 '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 (3.55GHz vs 2.533GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 45nm)

Score

Xeon E5540

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AMD EPYC 9355

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

66.52 billions

45 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

80 W

Power Consumption

280 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

263 mm²

Die Size

8x70.6 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

mm²

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

32

-

Performance Core Threads

64

2.533 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.55 GHz

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

4

Total Core Count

32

8

Total Thread Count

64

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

19.0

Multiplier

35.5

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

256 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 9355

2

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

128

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