AMD EPYC 7502 vs Intel Xeon Gold 5420

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AMD EPYC 7502

Intel Xeon Gold 5420+

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7502 with 32 cores 2.5GHz and Intel Xeon Gold 5420 with 28 cores 2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7502 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 52.5MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (180W vs 205W)

Intel Xeon Gold 5420 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (4400 vs 3200)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7502

1225

Intel Xeon Gold 5420 +75%

2145

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7502

11663

Intel Xeon Gold 5420 +51%

17725

AMD EPYC 7502

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Intel Xeon Gold 5420

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Jan 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Sapphire Rapids

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon Gold (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

180 W

Power Consumption

205 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

84 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

3.35 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

32

Total Core Count

28

64

Total Thread Count

56

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

25.0

Multiplier

20.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

52.5 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-4400

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

80

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