AMD EPYC 7261 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8368

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AMD EPYC 7261

Intel Xeon Platinum 8368

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7261 with 8 cores 2.5GHz and Intel Xeon Platinum 8368 with 38 cores 2.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7261 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Lower TDP (170W vs 270W)

Intel Xeon Platinum 8368 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2666)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (57MB vs 32MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7261

722

Intel Xeon Platinum 8368 +53%

1109

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7261

3798

Intel Xeon Platinum 8368 +951%

39949

AMD EPYC 7261

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8368

General Parameters

Jun 2018

Release Date

Apr 2021

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Ice Lake-SP

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 4189

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon Platinum (Ice Lake-SP)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

270 W

81 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

83 °C

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

8

Total Core Count

38

16

Total Thread Count

76

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

25.0

Multiplier

24.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

57 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

4

-

PCIe Lanes

64

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