AMD EPYC 9684X vs Xeon 6960P

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AMD EPYC 9684X

Intel Xeon 6960P

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9684X with 96 cores 2.55GHz and Xeon 6960P with 72 cores 2.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 9684X 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (1152MB vs 432MB)

Lower TDP (400W vs 500W)

Xeon 6960P 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (8800 vs 4800)

Higher base frequency (2.7GHz vs 2.55GHz)

Score

AMD EPYC 9684X

VS

Xeon 6960P

General Parameters

Jun 2023

Release Date

Sep 2024

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Genoa-X

Core Architecture

Granite Rapids

AMD Socket SP5

Socket

Intel Socket 7529

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))

Generation

Xeon 6(Granite Rapids-AP)

Package

135.24 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

400 W

Power Consumption

500 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

102°C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

12x72 mm²

Die Size

-

6 nm

I/O Process Size

10 nm

397 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

72

-

Performance Core Threads

144

2.55 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.7 GHz

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

96

Total Core Count

72

192

Total Thread Count

144

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

25.5

Multiplier

27.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

112 KB per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

1152 MB shared

L3 Cache

432 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800

Memory Types

DDR5-6400,MRDIMM-8800

-

Max Memory Size

3 TB

12

Max Memory Channels

12

460.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

-

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

AMD EPYC 9684X

Official Website

Xeon 6960P

5

PCIe Version

5

128

PCIe Lanes

96

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