AMD EPYC 9124 vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 9124 and Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 9124

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
  • 24 more threads: 32 vs 8
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 5 nm vs 14 nm
  • 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2346 vs 2322
  • 7.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 63027 vs 8407
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Nov 2022 vs 5 August 2015
Number of cores 16 vs 4
Number of threads 32 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache 64K (per core) vs 256 KB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2346 vs 2322
PassMark - CPU mark 63027 vs 8407

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

  • Around 8% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
  • 65536x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 131072x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 200 Watt
Maximum frequency 4.00 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
L2 cache 1 MB vs 1MB (per core)
L3 cache 8 MB vs 64MB (shared)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 200 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 9124
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2346
2322
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
63027
8407
Name AMD EPYC 9124 Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
PassMark - Single thread mark 2346 2322
PassMark - CPU mark 63027 8407
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 4468
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 15978

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 9124 Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

Essentials

Launch date 10 Nov 2022 5 August 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $1083 $612
Place in performance rating 310 282
Architecture codename Skylake
Price now $690.01
Processor Number E3-1280V5
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v5 Family
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 4.55
Vertical segment Server

Performance

Base frequency 3 GHz 3.70 GHz
Die size 4x 72 mm² 160 mm
L1 cache 64K (per core) 256 KB
L2 cache 1MB (per core) 1 MB
L3 cache 64MB (shared) 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz 4.00 GHz
Number of cores 16 4
Number of threads 32 8
Transistor count 26,280 million 1400 million
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
VID voltage range 0.55V-1.52V

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5-4800 MHz, Twelve-channel DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 200-240 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 1
Sockets supported SP5 FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt 80 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 5, 128 Lanes, (CPU only) 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0
Scalability 1S Only

Graphics

Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics None

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 0
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort N / A
Max resolution over eDP N / A
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 N / A
Max resolution over VGA N / A
Max resolution over WiDi N / A

Graphics API support

DirectX N / A
OpenGL N / A

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)