EPYC 7272 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6421N

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AMD EPYC 7272

Intel Xeon Gold 6421N

We compared two server CPUs: EPYC 7272 with 12 cores 2.9GHz 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

EPYC 7272 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 1.8GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 60MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (120W vs 185W)

Intel Xeon Gold 6421N 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (4400 vs 3200)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

EPYC 7272

1217

Intel Xeon Gold 6421N +72%

2104

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

EPYC 7272

6675

Intel Xeon Gold 6421N +87%

12541

EPYC 7272

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Intel Xeon Gold 6421N

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Jan 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Sapphire Rapids

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon Gold (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

120 W

Power Consumption

185 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.8 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

12

Total Core Count

32

24

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

18.0

96 KB per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

60 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

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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