Xeon E6540 vs AMD EPYC 9654

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Intel Xeon E6540

AMD EPYC 9654

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon E6540 with 6 cores 2GHz and AMD EPYC 9654 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 E6540 's Advantages

Lower TDP (105W vs 360W)

AMD EPYC 9654 's Advantages

Released 12 years and 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 1333)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (384MB vs 18MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 45nm)

Score

Xeon E6540

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AMD EPYC 9654

General Parameters

Mar 2010

Release Date

Nov 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Nehalem-EX

Core Architecture

Genoa

Intel Socket 1567

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon(Beckton)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))

Package

2.3 billions

Transistor Count

78.84 billions

45 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

360 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

684 mm²

Die Size

12x72 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

397 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

2.266 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

6

Total Core Count

96

12

Total Thread Count

192

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

15.0

Multiplier

24.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 KB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

18 MB shared

L3 Cache

384 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3-1333

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

4

Max Memory Channels

12

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

128

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