Xeon E7 2870 vs AMD EPYC 9684X

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Intel Xeon E7-2870

AMD EPYC 9684X

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon E7 2870 with 10 cores 2.4GHz and AMD EPYC 9684X with 96 cores 2.55GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon E7 2870 's Advantages

Lower TDP (130W vs 400W)

AMD EPYC 9684X 's Advantages

Released 12 years and 2 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 1333)

Higher base frequency (2.55GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (1152MB vs 30MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 32nm)

Score

Xeon E7 2870

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AMD EPYC 9684X

General Parameters

Apr 2011

Release Date

Jun 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Westmere-EX

Core Architecture

Genoa-X

Intel Socket 1567

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E7(Westmere-EX)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

135.24 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

130 W

Power Consumption

400 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

513 mm²

Die Size

12x72 mm²

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I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

397 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.55 GHz

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

10

Total Core Count

96

20

Total Thread Count

192

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

18.0

Multiplier

25.5

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 KB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

30 MB shared

L3 Cache

1152 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3-1333

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

4

Max Memory Channels

12

-

Max Memory Bandwidth

460.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

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Official Website

AMD EPYC 9684X

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PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

128

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