AMD EPYC 73F3 vs Xeon 6980P

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AMD EPYC 73F3

Intel Xeon 6980P

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 73F3 with 16 cores 3.5GHz and Xeon 6980P with 128 cores 2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 73F3 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2GHz)

Lower TDP (240W vs 500W)

Xeon 6980P 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (8800 vs 3200)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)

Larger L3 cache size (504MB vs 256MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 7nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 73F3

501

Xeon 6980P +302%

2015

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 73F3

2348

Xeon 6980P +251%

8257

AMD EPYC 73F3

VS

Xeon 6980P

General Parameters

Mar 2021

Release Date

Sep 2024

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Milan

Core Architecture

Granite Rapids

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 7529

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 3 (Milan))

Generation

Xeon 6(Granite Rapids-AP)

Package

33.2 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

240 W

Power Consumption

500 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

8x81 mm²

Die Size

-

12 nm

I/O Process Size

10 nm

416 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

128

-

Performance Core Threads

256

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

16

Total Core Count

128

32

Total Thread Count

256

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35.0

Multiplier

20.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

112 KB per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

256 MB shared

L3 Cache

504 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

Cores per CCD

-

2

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

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 6980P

4

PCIe Version

5

128

PCIe Lanes

96

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