AMD EPYC 7261 vs Xeon 6960P

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AMD EPYC 7261

Intel Xeon 6960P

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7261 with 8 cores 2.5GHz and Xeon 6960P with 72 cores 2.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7261 's Advantages

Lower TDP (170W vs 500W)

Xeon 6960P 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (8800 vs 2666)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.7GHz vs 2.5GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (432MB vs 32MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Score

AMD EPYC 7261

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Xeon 6960P

General Parameters

Jun 2018

Release Date

Sep 2024

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Granite Rapids

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 7529

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon 6(Granite Rapids-AP)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

500 W

81 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

102°C

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

-

I/O Process Size

10 nm

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

72

-

Performance Core Threads

144

2.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.7 GHz

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

8

Total Core Count

72

16

Total Thread Count

144

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

25.0

Multiplier

27.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

112 KB per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

432 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR5-6400,MRDIMM-8800

-

Max Memory Size

3 TB

8

Max Memory Channels

12

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Xeon 6960P

3

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

96

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