AMD EPYC 7251 vs Xeon Platinum 8253

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AMD EPYC 7251

Intel Xeon Platinum 8253

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7251 with 8 cores 2.1GHz and Xeon Platinum 8253 with 16 cores 2.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7251 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (2400 vs 4)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 22MB)

Lower TDP (120W vs 125W)

Xeon Platinum 8253 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 6 months late

Higher base frequency (2.2GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7251

781

Xeon Platinum 8253 +39%

1089

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7251

3651

Xeon Platinum 8253 +142%

8849

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7251

537

Xeon Platinum 8253 +39%

747

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7251

540

Xeon Platinum 8253 +3287%

18291

AMD EPYC 7251

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Xeon Platinum 8253

General Parameters

Jun 2017

Release Date

Dec 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Cascade Lake-SP

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 3647

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon Platinum(Cascade Lake-SP)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

120 W

Power Consumption

125 W

81 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3 GHz

8

Total Core Count

16

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

22.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

22 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

8

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2400

Memory Types

DDR4

8

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

-

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