AMD EPYC 9734 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8256

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We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9734 with 112 cores 2.2GHz and Intel Xeon Platinum 8256 with 4 cores 3.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 9734 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR4)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 16.5MB)

Intel Xeon Platinum 8256 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 2.2GHz)

Lower TDP (105W vs 340W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 9734 +24%

1673

Intel Xeon Platinum 8256

1339

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 9734 +118%

12850

Intel Xeon Platinum 8256

5871

AMD EPYC 9734

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8256

General Parameters

Jun 2023

Release Date

Dec 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Bergamo

Core Architecture

Cascade Lake-SP

AMD Socket SP5

Socket

Intel Socket 3647

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 4c (Bergamo))

Generation

Xeon Platinum (Cascade Lake-SP)

Package

71 billions

Transistor Count

8 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AMD Socket SP5

Socket

Intel Socket 3647

340 W

Power Consumption

105 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

8x73 mm²

Die Size

-

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

397 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

FC-LGA6096

Package

FC-LGA3647

CPU Performance

2.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.8 GHz

3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

112

Total Core Count

4

224

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

22.0

Multiplier

38.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

256 MB shared

L3 Cache

16.5 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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