EPYC 7272 vs Xeon Platinum 8270

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AMD EPYC 7272

Intel Xeon Platinum 8270

We compared two server CPUs: EPYC 7272 with 12 cores 2.9GHz and Xeon Platinum 8270 with 26 cores 2.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

EPYC 7272 's Advantages

Released 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 4)

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.7GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 35.75MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (120W vs 205W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

EPYC 7272 +93%

1217

Xeon Platinum 8270

629

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

EPYC 7272 +507%

6675

Xeon Platinum 8270

1099

EPYC 7272

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Xeon Platinum 8270

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Dec 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Cascade Lake-SP

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 3647

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon Platinum(Cascade Lake-SP)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

8 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

120 W

Power Consumption

205 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.7 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

12

Total Core Count

26

24

Total Thread Count

52

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

27.0

96 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

35.75 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

8

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4

8

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

-

128

PCIe Lanes

-

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