AMD EPYC 9254 vs Xeon Platinum 8260

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AMD EPYC 9254

Intel Xeon Platinum 8260

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9254 with 24 cores 2.9GHz and Xeon Platinum 8260 with 24 cores 2.4GHz . 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 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 4)

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 35.75MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Xeon Platinum 8260 's Advantages

Lower TDP (165W vs 200W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 9254 +92%

2245

Xeon Platinum 8260

1169

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 9254 +103%

18187

Xeon Platinum 8260

8928

AMD EPYC 9254

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Xeon Platinum 8260

General Parameters

Nov 2022

Release Date

Dec 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Genoa

Core Architecture

Cascade Lake-SP

AMD Socket SP5

Socket

Intel Socket 3647

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))

Generation

Xeon Platinum(Cascade Lake-SP)

Package

26.28 billions

Transistor Count

8 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

200 W

Power Consumption

165 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

2.4 GHz

4.15 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

24

Total Core Count

24

48

Total Thread Count

48

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

24.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

35.75 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

8

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800

Memory Types

DDR4

12

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

-

128

PCIe Lanes

-

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