AMD EPYC 7272 vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3

Head-to-head processor comparison

Aggregated Scores

Combined benchmark scores for both processors


Overall Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

5,761

Rank #337

vs
5,083

Rank #805

5,761
5,083

EPYC 7272 wins by 11.8% (Rank #337 vs #805)

Singlecore Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

5,342

Rank #698

vs
5,267

Rank #754

5,342
5,267

EPYC 7272 wins by 1.4% (Rank #698 vs #754)

Multicore Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

6,389

Rank #172

vs
4,807

Rank #834

6,389
4,807

EPYC 7272 wins by 24.8% (Rank #172 vs #834)

Number Crunching

Out of 1,771 results in the database

5,405

Rank #204

vs
4,689

Rank #704

5,405
4,689

EPYC 7272 wins by 13.2% (Rank #204 vs #704)

Data Processing

Out of 1,771 results in the database

5,543

Rank #192

vs
4,700

Rank #675

5,543
4,700

EPYC 7272 wins by 15.2% (Rank #192 vs #675)

Physics & Compute

Out of 1,771 results in the database

5,531

Rank #180

vs
4,725

Rank #694

5,531
4,725

EPYC 7272 wins by 14.6% (Rank #180 vs #694)


Specifications

Side-by-side comparison of key specifications


Specification EPYC 7272 Xeon E3-1280 v3 Diff
Cores
12
4
+66.7%
Threads
24
8
+66.7%
Base Frequency
2,600 MHz
3,600 MHz
-27.8%
Clock Multiplier
26x
36x
-27.8%
L1 Cache
768 KB
62 KB
+91.9%
L2 Cache
6 MiB
0 MiB
+95.9%
L3 Cache
64 MiB
8 MiB
+88.1%
Memory Channels
8
--
Maximum Memory
4,096 GB
--
Max Bandwidth
191 GB/s
--
PCIe Lanes
128
--
Max CPUs
2
--
TDP (lower is better)
120 W
82 W
31.7% more
Process (lower is better)
7 nm
22 nm
68.2% less

General Information

Specification EPYC 7272 Xeon E3-1280 v3
Designer AMD Intel
Family EPYC --
Series 7002 --
Model Number 7272 --
Microarchitecture Zen 2 --
Core Name Rome Haswell-WS
Core Family 23 --
Socket Socket SP3 and LGA-4094 Socket 1150
Package FCLGA-4094 FC-LGA12C
Memory Type DDR4-3200 DDR3, DDR4
ECC Support Yes --
PCIe Revision 4.0 --
PCIe Configuration x16, x8 --
Market Segment Server Server/Workstation
Release Price $625.00 --
Locked Multiplier Yes Yes

Designer

EPYC 7272
AMD
Xeon E3-1280 v3
Intel

Family

EPYC 7272
EPYC
Xeon E3-1280 v3
--

Series

EPYC 7272
7002
Xeon E3-1280 v3
--

Model Number

EPYC 7272
7272
Xeon E3-1280 v3
--

Microarchitecture

EPYC 7272
Zen 2
Xeon E3-1280 v3
--

Core Name

EPYC 7272
Rome
Xeon E3-1280 v3
Haswell-WS

Core Family

EPYC 7272
23
Xeon E3-1280 v3
--

Socket

EPYC 7272
Socket SP3 and LGA-4094
Xeon E3-1280 v3
Socket 1150

Package

EPYC 7272
FCLGA-4094
Xeon E3-1280 v3
FC-LGA12C

Memory Type

EPYC 7272
DDR4-3200
Xeon E3-1280 v3
DDR3, DDR4

ECC Support

EPYC 7272
Yes
Xeon E3-1280 v3
--

PCIe Revision

EPYC 7272
4.0
Xeon E3-1280 v3
--

PCIe Configuration

EPYC 7272
x16, x8
Xeon E3-1280 v3
--

Market Segment

EPYC 7272
Server
Xeon E3-1280 v3
Server/Workstation

Release Price

EPYC 7272
$625.00
Xeon E3-1280 v3
--

Locked Multiplier

EPYC 7272
Yes
Xeon E3-1280 v3
Yes

Physical Specifications

Manufacturing process and die characteristics


Specification EPYC 7272 Xeon E3-1280 v3
Process 7 nm 22 nm
Die Area 192 mm² 160 mm²
Transistor Count 7,600 1,400
Manufacturer TSMC and GlobalFoundries Intel
Technology CMOS --
Word Size 64-bit --
ISA x86-64 (x86) --

Process

EPYC 7272
7 nm
Xeon E3-1280 v3
22 nm

Die Area

EPYC 7272
192 mm²
Xeon E3-1280 v3
160 mm²

Transistor Count

EPYC 7272
7,600
Xeon E3-1280 v3
1,400

Manufacturer

EPYC 7272
TSMC and GlobalFoundries
Xeon E3-1280 v3
Intel

Technology

EPYC 7272
CMOS
Xeon E3-1280 v3
--

Word Size

EPYC 7272
64-bit
Xeon E3-1280 v3
--

ISA

EPYC 7272
x86-64 (x86)
Xeon E3-1280 v3
--

CPU Extensions

Supported instruction set extensions comparison


Extension EPYC 7272 Xeon E3-1280 v3
ABM
ADX
AES
AMD-V
AMD-Vi
AVX
AVX-512
AVX2
AVX512BW
AVX512CD
AVX512DQ
AVX512F
AVX512VL
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2
CLMUL
EIST
EMMX
EPT
F16C
FMA3
FPU
HT
KPT
MBE Ctrl
MMX
NM
NX
Node Ctrlr
PTT
Protected
RdRand
Real
Run Sure
SEV
SHA
SME
SMM
SMT
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
SSSE3
SST
SenseMI
TBT 2.0
TSME
TSX
TXT
VMD
VT-d
VT-x
vPro
x86-16
x86-32
x86-64