AMD EPYC 7251 vs Xeon Platinum 8268

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AMD EPYC 7251

Intel Xeon Platinum 8268

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7251 with 8 cores 2.1GHz and Xeon Platinum 8268 with 24 cores 2.9GHz . 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)

Lower TDP (120W vs 205W)

Xeon Platinum 8268 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 6 months late

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (35.75MB vs 32MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7251

781

Xeon Platinum 8268 +29%

1012

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7251 +2%

3651

Xeon Platinum 8268

3553

AMD EPYC 7251

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Xeon Platinum 8268

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

205 W

81 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

8

Total Core Count

24

16

Total Thread Count

48

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

29.0

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

35.75 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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