AMD EPYC 7301 vs Xeon 6972P

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AMD EPYC 7301

Intel Xeon 6972P

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7301 with 16 cores 2.2GHz and Xeon 6972P with 96 cores 2.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7301 's Advantages

Lower TDP (170W vs 500W)

Xeon 6972P 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (8800 vs 2666)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 2.2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (480MB vs 64MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Score

AMD EPYC 7301

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Xeon 6972P

General Parameters

Jun 2017

Release Date

Sep 2024

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Granite Rapids

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 7529

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon 6(Granite Rapids-AP)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

500 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

-

I/O Process Size

10 nm

CPU Performance

2.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

16

Total Core Count

96

32

Total Thread Count

192

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

22.0

Multiplier

24.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

112 KB per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

480 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR5-6400,MRDIMM-8800

-

Max Memory Size

3 TB

8

Max Memory Channels

12

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Xeon 6972P

3

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

96

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