Xeon E5540 vs AMD EPYC Embedded 3251

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Intel Xeon E5540

AMD EPYC Embedded 3251

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon E5540 with 4 cores 2.533GHz and AMD EPYC Embedded 3251 with 8 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)

AMD EPYC Embedded 3251 's Advantages

Released 8 years and 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 1066)

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 45nm)

Lower TDP (55W vs 80W)

Score

Xeon E5540

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AMD EPYC Embedded 3251

General Parameters

Mar 2009

Release Date

Feb 2018

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Gainestown

Core Architecture

Zen

Intel Socket 1366

Socket

AMD BGA SP4r2

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon(Gainestown)

Generation

EPYC Embedded (Zen (Snowy Owl))

Package

0.731 billions

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

45 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

80 W

Power Consumption

55 W

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

263 mm²

Die Size

213 mm²

CPU Performance

2.533 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.1 GHz

4

Total Core Count

8

Total Thread Count

16

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

16 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR3-1066

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

3

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

32

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