AMD EPYC 7F72 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6554S

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AMD EPYC 7F72

Intel Xeon Gold 6554S

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7F72 with 24 cores 3.2GHz and Intel Xeon Gold 6554S with 36 cores 2.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7F72 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (192MB vs 180MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (240W vs 270W)

Intel Xeon Gold 6554S 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 3200)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7F72 +13%

1459

Intel Xeon Gold 6554S

1289

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7F72

10782

Intel Xeon Gold 6554S +34%

14516

AMD EPYC 7F72

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Intel Xeon Gold 6554S

General Parameters

Apr 2020

Release Date

Dec 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Emerald Rapids

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon Gold (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

240 W

Power Consumption

270 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

74 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

2x763 mm²

CPU Performance

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

24

Total Core Count

36

48

Total Thread Count

72

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

32.0

Multiplier

22.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

192 MB shared

L3 Cache

180 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

80

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