AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX vs Intel Xeon Gold 6421N

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX

Intel Xeon Gold 6421N

We compared two server CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX with 16 cores 4GHz and Intel Xeon Gold 6421N with 32 cores 1.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (4GHz vs 1.8GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 60MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 10nm)

Intel Xeon Gold 6421N 's Advantages

Released 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (4400 vs 3200)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)

Lower TDP (185W vs 280W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX

2020

Intel Xeon Gold 6421N +4%

2104

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX +29%

16222

Intel Xeon Gold 6421N

12541

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX

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Intel Xeon Gold 6421N

General Parameters

Mar 2022

Release Date

Jan 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Chagall PRO

Core Architecture

Sapphire Rapids

AMD Socket WRX8

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 3 (Chagall))

Generation

Xeon Gold (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Package

16.6 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

280 W

Power Consumption

185 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

4x81 mm²

Die Size

-

14 nm

I/O Process Size

-

416 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.8 GHz

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

16

Total Core Count

32

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40.0

Multiplier

18.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

64 MB

L3 Cache

60 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

1

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-4400

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

5

128

PCIe Lanes

80

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