AMD EPYC 7261 vs Xeon Platinum 8481C

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AMD EPYC 7261

Intel Xeon Platinum 8481C

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7261 with 8 cores 2.5GHz and Xeon Platinum 8481C with 56 cores 2GHz . 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 2GHz)

Lower TDP (170W vs 350W)

Xeon Platinum 8481C 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 2666)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (105MB vs 32MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)

Score

AMD EPYC 7261

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Xeon Platinum 8481C

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 Platinum(Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

350 W

81 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

4x477 mm²

CPU Performance

2.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

8

Total Core Count

56

16

Total Thread Count

112

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

25.0

Multiplier

20.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

105 MB

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

80

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