Xeon X3480 vs AMD EPYC 72F3

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Intel Xeon X3480

AMD EPYC 72F3

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon X3480 with 4 cores 3.066GHz and AMD EPYC 72F3 with 8 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon X3480 's Advantages

Lower TDP (95W vs 180W)

AMD EPYC 72F3 's Advantages

Released 10 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 1333)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.066GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 45nm)

Score

Xeon X3480

VS

AMD EPYC 72F3

General Parameters

May 2010

Release Date

Mar 2021

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Lynnfield

Core Architecture

Milan

Intel Socket 1156

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon(Lynnfield)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 3 (Milan))

Package

0.774 billions

Transistor Count

33.2 billions

45 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

180 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

296 mm²

Die Size

8x81 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

12 nm

-

I/O Die Size

416 mm²

CPU Performance

3.066 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

3.733 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

4

Total Core Count

8

Total Thread Count

16

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

23.0

Multiplier

37.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

256 KB per core

L2 Cache

512 KB per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

256 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

Cores per CCD

1

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3-1333

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

2

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

4

16

PCIe Lanes

128

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