AMD EPYC 7232P vs Intel Core i7-6950X

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket SP3 Intel Socket 2011-3
Foundry TSMC Intel
Process size 7 nm 14 nm
Transistors 3,800 million 3,800 million
Die size 74 mm² unknown
Package FCLGA-4094
tCaseMax 72°C

Performance

Frequency 3.1 GHz 3 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.2 GHz up to 3.5 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 31.0x 30.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
TDP 120 W 140 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Server/Workstation Desktop
Production status Active Active
Release date Aug 7th, 2019 May 31st, 2016
Codename Rome Broadwell-E
Generation EPYC Core i7
Part 100-000000081 SR2PA
Memory support DDR4-3200 MHz Eight-channel DDR4
ECC memory Yes No
PCI Express Gen 4 Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 8 10
Total Threads 16 20
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics

Cache

Cache L1 96K (per core) 32K (per core)
Cache L2 512K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 32MB (shared) 25MB (shared)

Notes

Notes This processor comes with an unlocked base clock multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than shipped value, to facilitate better overclocking.

Features & Technologies

ABM Yes
ADX Yes
AES Yes
AES-NI Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD-Vi Yes
AVX Yes Yes
AVX2 Yes Yes
BMI1 Yes Yes
BMI2 Yes Yes
Boost 2 Yes
Boost 2.0 Yes
CLMUL Yes Yes
EIST Yes
EMMX Yes
F16C Yes Yes
FMA3 Yes Yes
FPU Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
NX bit Yes
Protected Yes
RdRand Yes
Real Yes
SEV Yes
SHA Yes
SME Yes
SMM Yes
SMT Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes Yes
SSE4A Yes
SSSE3 Yes Yes
SenseMi Yes
TSME Yes
TXT Yes
VT-d Yes
VT-x Yes
XD bit Yes

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