AMD EPYC 9124 vs Xeon 6980P

VS

AMD EPYC 9124

Intel Xeon 6980P

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9124 with 16 cores 3GHz 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 9124 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3GHz vs 2GHz)

Lower TDP (200W vs 500W)

Xeon 6980P 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (8800 vs 4800)

Larger L3 cache size (504MB vs 64MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 9124

1970

Xeon 6980P +2%

2015

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 9124 +101%

16674

Xeon 6980P

8257

AMD EPYC 9124

VS

Xeon 6980P

General Parameters

Nov 2022

Release Date

Sep 2024

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Genoa

Core Architecture

Granite Rapids

AMD Socket SP5

Socket

Intel Socket 7529

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))

Generation

Xeon 6(Granite Rapids-AP)

Package

26.28 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

200 W

Power Consumption

500 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

4x72 mm²

Die Size

-

6 nm

I/O Process Size

10 nm

397 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

128

-

Performance Core Threads

256

3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

16

Total Core Count

128

32

Total Thread Count

256

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

30.0

Multiplier

20.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

112 KB per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

504 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800

Memory Types

DDR5-6400,MRDIMM-8800

-

Max Memory Size

3 TB

12

Max Memory Channels

12

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Xeon 6980P

5

PCIe Version

5

128

PCIe Lanes

96

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