AMD EPYC 7281 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6454S

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We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7281 with 16 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Xeon Gold 6454S with 32 cores 2.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7281 's Advantages

Lower TDP (170W vs 270W)

Intel Xeon Gold 6454S 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 7 months late

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

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.2GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (60MB vs 32MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7281

560

Intel Xeon Gold 6454S +142%

1359

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7281

456

Intel Xeon Gold 6454S +1210%

5978

AMD EPYC 7281

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Intel Xeon Gold 6454S

General Parameters

Jun 2017

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

270 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

71 °C

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

4x477 mm²

FCLGA-4094

Package

FC-LGA16A

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

16

Total Core Count

32

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

22.0

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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