AMD EPYC 7251 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8358

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AMD EPYC 7251

Intel Xeon Platinum 8358

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7251 with 8 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Xeon Platinum 8358 with 32 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7251 's Advantages

Lower TDP (120W vs 250W)

Intel Xeon Platinum 8358 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2400)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (48MB vs 32MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7251

781

Intel Xeon Platinum 8358 +96%

1538

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7251 +106%

3651

Intel Xeon Platinum 8358

1768

AMD EPYC 7251

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8358

General Parameters

Jun 2017

Release Date

Apr 2021

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Ice Lake-SP

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 4189

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon Platinum (Ice Lake-SP)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

120 W

Power Consumption

250 W

81 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

81 °C

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.6 GHz

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

8

Total Core Count

32

16

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

26.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

48 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2400

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

4

-

PCIe Lanes

64

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