AMD EPYC 7281 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6334

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AMD EPYC 7281

Intel Xeon Gold 6334

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7281 with 16 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Xeon Gold 6334 with 8 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7281 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 18MB)

Intel Xeon Gold 6334 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2666)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.1GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (165W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7281

560

Intel Xeon Gold 6334 +167%

1496

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7281

456

Intel Xeon Gold 6334 +945%

4768

AMD EPYC 7281

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Intel Xeon Gold 6334

General Parameters

Jun 2017

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 Gold (Ice Lake-SP)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

165 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

69 °C

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

16

Total Core Count

8

32

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

36.0

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

18 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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