AMD EPYC 7343 vs Xeon Platinum 8256

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AMD EPYC 7343

Intel Xeon Platinum 8256

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7343 with 16 cores 3.2GHz and Xeon Platinum 8256 with 4 cores 3.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7343 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 4)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 16.5MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Xeon Platinum 8256 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.2GHz)

Lower TDP (105W vs 190W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7343

1014

Xeon Platinum 8256 +32%

1339

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7343

2582

Xeon Platinum 8256 +127%

5871

AMD EPYC 7343

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Xeon Platinum 8256

General Parameters

Mar 2021

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

16.6 billions

Transistor Count

8 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

190 W

Power Consumption

105 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

4x81 mm²

Die Size

-

12 nm

I/O Process Size

-

416 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.8 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

16

Total Core Count

4

32

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

32.0

Multiplier

38.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

16.5 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

4

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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