AMD EPYC 7551 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

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AMD EPYC 7551

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7551 with 32 cores 2GHz and Intel Xeon Gold 6538N with 32 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7551 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 60MB)

Lower TDP (180W vs 270W)

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2666)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.1GHz vs 2GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7551

890

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N +52%

1353

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7551

5459

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N +171%

14831

AMD EPYC 7551

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Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

General Parameters

Jun 2017

Release Date

Dec 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Emerald Rapids

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon Gold (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

180 W

Power Consumption

270 W

81 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

2x763 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

32

Total Core Count

32

64

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

21.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

60 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

80

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