AMD EPYC 7261 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6434

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AMD EPYC 7261

Intel Xeon Gold 6434

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7261 with 8 cores 2.5GHz and Intel Xeon Gold 6434 with 8 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7261 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 22.5MB)

Lower TDP (170W vs 195W)

Intel Xeon Gold 6434 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 2666)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 2.5GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)

Score

AMD EPYC 7261

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Intel Xeon Gold 6434

General Parameters

Jun 2018

Release Date

Jan 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Sapphire Rapids

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon Gold (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

195 W

81 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

64 °C

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

8

Total Core Count

8

16

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

25.0

Multiplier

37.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

22.5 MB

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

-

Max Memory Size

4 TB

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

80

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