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The AMD EPYC 7272 is newer than Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 @ 2.60GHz also around 48% faster in multi-threaded (CPU Mark) testing but the CPUs have comparable single-thread rating. However, AMD EPYC 7272 uses around 13% more power. All the CPUs in this comparison belong in the Server CPU Class.The values below were tabulated from a combined 198 benchmarks submitted from our PerformanceTest software and results and are updated daily to include new submissions.
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×Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 @ 2.60GHz | ×AMD EPYC 7272 | + ADD | |
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Socket Type | LGA2011-v3 | SP3 | |
CPU Class | Server | Server | |
Clockspeed | 2.6 GHz | 2.9 GHz | |
Turbo Speed | Up to 3.3 GHz | Up to 3.2 GHz | |
# of Physical Cores | 10 (Threads: 20) | 12 (Threads: 24) | |
Cache | L1: 640KB, L2: 2.5MB, L3: 25MB | L1: 768KB, L2: 6.0MB, L3: 64MB | |
TDP | 105W | 120W | |
Yearly Running Cost | $19.16 | $21.90 | |
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First Seen on Chart | Q3 2014 | Q2 2020 | |
# of Samples | 194 | 4 | |
CPU Value | 69.1 | 54.1 | |
Single Thread Rating(% diff. to max in group) | 1804(-4.4%) | 1886(0.0%) | |
CPU Mark(% diff. to max in group) | 13129(-47.8%) | 25161(0.0%) |
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 @ 2.60GHz | 13,129 | |
AMD EPYC 7272 | 25,161 | |
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Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 @ 2.60GHz | 69.1 | |
AMD EPYC 7272 | 54.1 | |
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Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 @ 2.60GHz | 1,804 | |
AMD EPYC 7272 | 1,886 | |
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Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 @ 2.60GHz | AMD EPYC 7272 | |
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Max TDP | 105W | 120W |
Power consumption per day (kWh) | NA | NA |
Running cost per day | NA | NA |
Power consumption per year (kWh) | NA | NA |
Running cost per year | NA | NA |