AMD EPYC 7251 vs Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket SP3 Intel Socket 2011
Foundry GlobalFoundries Intel
Process size 14 nm 22 nm
Transistors 4,800 million 1,400 million
Die size 213 mm² 160 mm²
Package FCLGA-4094
tCaseMax 81°C

Performance

Frequency 2.1 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo clock up to 2.9 GHz up to 3.3 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21.0x 25.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
TDP 120 W 115 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Server/Workstation Server/Workstation
Production status Active unknown
Release date Jun 29th, 2017 Sep 1st, 2013
Codename Naples Ivy Bridge-EP
Generation EPYC Xeon E5
Part PS7251BFV8SAFPS7251BFAFWOF SR1A7
Memory support DDR4-2400 MHz Eight-channel DDR3 Quad-channel
ECC memory Yes Yes
PCI Express Gen 3 Gen 3

Cores

Total Cores 8 10
Total Threads 16 20
SMP # CPUs 2 2
Integrated graphics

Cache

Cache L1 96K (per core) 64K (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
BMI1 Yes
BMI2 Yes
CLMUL Yes
ECC Yes
EIST Yes
EMMX Yes
EPT Yes
F16C Yes Yes
FMA3 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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