AMD EPYC 7281 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8368Q

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AMD EPYC 7281

Intel Xeon Platinum 8368Q

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7281 with 16 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Xeon Platinum 8368Q with 38 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7281 's Advantages

Lower TDP (170W vs 270W)

Intel Xeon Platinum 8368Q '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 (2.6GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (57MB vs 32MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7281

560

Intel Xeon Platinum 8368Q +232%

1862

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7281

456

Intel Xeon Platinum 8368Q +4343%

20262

AMD EPYC 7281

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8368Q

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 Platinum (Ice Lake-SP)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

270 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.6 GHz

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

16

Total Core Count

38

32

Total Thread Count

76

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

26.0

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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