AMD EPYC 7252 vs Intel Xeon Gold 5520

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AMD EPYC 7252

Intel Xeon Gold 5520+

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7252 with 8 cores 2.8GHz and Intel Xeon Gold 5520 with 28 cores 2.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7252 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 52.5MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (120W vs 205W)

Intel Xeon Gold 5520 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3200)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7252

1219

Intel Xeon Gold 5520 +15%

1414

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7252

5929

Intel Xeon Gold 5520 +148%

14750

AMD EPYC 7252

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Intel Xeon Gold 5520

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Dec 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Emerald Rapids

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon Gold (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

120 W

Power Consumption

205 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

2x763 mm²

CPU Performance

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

8

Total Core Count

28

16

Total Thread Count

56

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

28.0

Multiplier

22.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

52.5 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

80

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