Xeon E5540 vs AMD EPYC 9654P

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Intel Xeon E5540

AMD EPYC 9654P

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon E5540 with 4 cores 2.533GHz and AMD EPYC 9654P with 96 cores 2.4GHz . 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 2.4GHz)

Lower TDP (80W vs 360W)

AMD EPYC 9654P 's Advantages

Released 13 years and 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 1066)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (384MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 45nm)

Score

Xeon E5540

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AMD EPYC 9654P

General Parameters

Mar 2009

Release Date

Nov 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Gainestown

Core Architecture

Genoa

Intel Socket 1366

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon(Gainestown)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))

Package

0.731 billions

Transistor Count

78.84 billions

45 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

80 W

Power Consumption

360 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

263 mm²

Die Size

12x72 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

397 mm²

CPU Performance

2.533 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

4

Total Core Count

96

8

Total Thread Count

192

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

19.0

Multiplier

24.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K 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

DDR5-4800

3

Max Memory Channels

12

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

128

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