AMD EPYC 9254 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6438N

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AMD EPYC 9254

Intel Xeon Gold 6438N

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9254 with 24 cores 2.9GHz and Intel Xeon Gold 6438N with 32 cores 2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 9254 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 60MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (200W vs 205W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 9254 +13%

2245

Intel Xeon Gold 6438N

1986

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 9254 +213%

18187

Intel Xeon Gold 6438N

5800

AMD EPYC 9254

VS

Intel Xeon Gold 6438N

General Parameters

Nov 2022

Release Date

Jan 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Genoa

Core Architecture

Sapphire Rapids

AMD Socket SP5

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))

Generation

Xeon Gold (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Package

26.28 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

200 W

Power Consumption

205 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

4x72 mm²

Die Size

-

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

397 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

4.15 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

24

Total Core Count

32

48

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

20.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

60 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

12

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

5

128

PCIe Lanes

80

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