AMD EPYC 8124P vs Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

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AMD EPYC 8124P

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 8124P with 16 cores 2.45GHz 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 8124P 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.45GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 60MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (125W vs 270W)

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 4800)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 8124P +22%

1654

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

1353

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 8124P

12550

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N +18%

14831

AMD EPYC 8124P

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Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

General Parameters

Sep 2023

Release Date

Dec 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Siena

Core Architecture

Emerald Rapids

AMD Socket SP6

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 4c (Siena))

Generation

Xeon Gold (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Package

17.75 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

125 W

Power Consumption

270 W

75 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

2x73 mm²

Die Size

2x763 mm²

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

397 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.45 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

16

Total Core Count

32

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

24.5

Multiplier

21.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

60 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

6

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

5

96

PCIe Lanes

80

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