AMD EPYC 7303 vs Xeon Platinum 8260

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AMD EPYC 7303

Intel Xeon Platinum 8260

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7303 with 16 cores 2.4GHz and Xeon Platinum 8260 with 24 cores 2.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7303 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 4)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 35.75MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (130W vs 165W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7303 +37%

1605

Xeon Platinum 8260

1169

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7303 +49%

13363

Xeon Platinum 8260

8928

AMD EPYC 7303

VS

Xeon Platinum 8260

General Parameters

Sep 2023

Release Date

Dec 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Milan

Core Architecture

Cascade Lake-SP

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 3647

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 3 (Milan))

Generation

Xeon Platinum(Cascade Lake-SP)

Package

8.3 billions

Transistor Count

8 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

130 W

Power Consumption

165 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

2x81 mm²

Die Size

-

12 nm

I/O Process Size

-

416 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

16

Total Core Count

24

32

Total Thread Count

48

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

24.0

Multiplier

24.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

35.75 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

8

Cores per CCD

-

2

SMP

8

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4

8

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

-

128

PCIe Lanes

-

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