AMD EPYC 7281 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8580

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AMD EPYC 7281

Intel Xeon Platinum 8580

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7281 with 16 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Xeon Platinum 8580 with 60 cores 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

Higher base frequency (2.1GHz vs 2GHz)

Lower TDP (170W vs 350W)

Intel Xeon Platinum 8580 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (5600 vs 2666)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (300MB vs 32MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7281

560

Intel Xeon Platinum 8580 +313%

2316

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7281

456

Intel Xeon Platinum 8580 +4520%

21070

AMD EPYC 7281

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8580

General Parameters

Jun 2017

Release Date

Dec 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Emerald Rapids

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon Platinum (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

350 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

81 °C

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

2x763 mm²

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

16

Total Core Count

60

32

Total Thread Count

120

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

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

300 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR5-5600

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

80

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