AMD EPYC 9965 vs Xeon 6980P

VS

AMD EPYC 9965

Intel Xeon 6980P

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9965 with 192 cores 2.25GHz and Xeon 6980P with 128 cores 2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 9965 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.25GHz vs 2GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 5nm)

Xeon 6980P 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (8800 vs 6000)

Larger L3 cache size (504MB vs 384MB)

Score

AMD EPYC 9965

VS

Xeon 6980P

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 5c (Turin))

Generation

Xeon 6(Granite Rapids-AP)

Package

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

500 W

Power Consumption

500 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

mm²

Die Size

-

6 nm

I/O Process Size

10 nm

mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

192

Performance Cores

128

384

Performance Core Threads

256

2.25 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

192

Total Core Count

128

384

Total Thread Count

256

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

22.5

Multiplier

20.0

80 KB per core

L1 Cache

112 KB per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

384 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 9965

Official Website

Xeon 6980P

5

PCIe Version

5

128

PCIe Lanes

96

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