AMD EPYC 9255 vs Xeon Platinum 8268

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AMD EPYC 9255

Intel Xeon Platinum 8268

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9255 with 24 cores 3.25GHz and Xeon Platinum 8268 with 24 cores 2.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 9255 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 4)

Higher base frequency (3.25GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 35.75MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (200W vs 205W)

Score

AMD EPYC 9255

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Xeon Platinum 8268

General Parameters

Oct 2024

Release Date

Dec 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Turin

Core Architecture

Cascade Lake-SP

AMD Socket SP5

Socket

Intel Socket 3647

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC(Zen 5 (Turin))

Generation

Xeon Platinum(Cascade Lake-SP)

Package

33.26 billions

Transistor Count

8 billions

4 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

200 W

Power Consumption

205 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

4x70.6 mm²

Die Size

-

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

24

Performance Cores

-

48

Performance Core Threads

-

3.25 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

4.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

24

Total Core Count

24

48

Total Thread Count

48

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

32.5

Multiplier

29.0

80 KB 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

DDR5-6000

Memory Types

DDR4

6 TB

Max Memory Size

-

12

Max Memory Channels

576 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

-

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

AMD EPYC 9255

Official Website

-

5

PCIe Version

-

128

PCIe Lanes

-

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