AMD EPYC 9254 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 9221

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AMD EPYC 9254

Intel Xeon Platinum 9221

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9254 with 24 cores 2.9GHz and Intel Xeon Platinum 9221 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 9254 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 2933)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 71.5MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (200W vs 250W)

Score

AMD EPYC 9254

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Intel Xeon Platinum 9221

General Parameters

Nov 2022

Release Date

Apr 2019

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Genoa

Core Architecture

Cascade Lake-AP

AMD Socket SP5

Socket

Intel BGA 5903

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))

Generation

Xeon Platinum (Cascade Lake-AP)

Package

26.28 billions

Transistor Count

8 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

200 W

Power Consumption

250 W

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

2.1 GHz

4.15 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

24

Total Core Count

32

48

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

23.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

71.5 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

8

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

12

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

3

128

PCIe Lanes

-

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