AMD EPYC 7261 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y

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We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7261 with 8 cores 2.5GHz and Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y with 24 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7261 's Advantages

Lower TDP (170W vs 225W)

Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR4-2666)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.5GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (60MB vs 32MB)

Score

AMD EPYC 7261

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Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y

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

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

170 W

Power Consumption

225 W

81 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

79 °C

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

-

FCLGA-4094

Package

FC-LGA16A

CPU Performance

2.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.6 GHz

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

8

Total Core Count

24

16

Total Thread Count

48

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

25.0

Multiplier

26.0

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

60 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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