AMD EPYC 9455 vs Xeon 6979P

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AMD EPYC 9455

Intel Xeon 6979P

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9455 with 48 cores 3.15GHz and Xeon 6979P with 120 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 9455 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.15GHz vs 2.1GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 5nm)

Lower TDP (300W vs 500W)

Xeon 6979P 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (8800 vs 6000)

Larger L3 cache size (504MB vs 192MB)

Score

AMD EPYC 9455

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Xeon 6979P

General Parameters

Oct 2024

Release Date

Sep 2024

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Turin

Core Architecture

Granite Rapids

AMD Socket SP5

Socket

Intel Socket 7529

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC(Zen 5 (Turin))

Generation

Xeon 6(Granite Rapids-AP)

Package

49.89 billions

Transistor Count

-

4 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

300 W

Power Consumption

500 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

6x70.6 mm²

Die Size

-

6 nm

I/O Process Size

10 nm

mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

48

Performance Cores

-

96

Performance Core Threads

-

3.15 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

48

Total Core Count

120

96

Total Thread Count

240

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

31.5

Multiplier

21.0

80 KB per core

L1 Cache

112 KB per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

192 MB shared

L3 Cache

504 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR5-6000

Memory Types

DDR5-6400,MRDIMM-8800

6 TB

Max Memory Size

3 TB

12

Max Memory Channels

12

576 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

-

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

AMD EPYC 9455

Official Website

Xeon 6979P

5

PCIe Version

5

128

PCIe Lanes

96

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