Intel Xeon Gold 5420 vs AMD EPYC 8124PN

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Intel Xeon Gold 5420+

AMD EPYC 8124PN

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Gold 5420 with 28 cores 2GHz and AMD EPYC 8124PN with 16 cores 2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 8124PN 's Advantages

Released 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 4400)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 52.5MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (100W vs 205W)

Score

Intel Xeon Gold 5420

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AMD EPYC 8124PN

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Sep 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sapphire Rapids

Core Architecture

Siena

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

AMD Socket SP6

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 4c (Siena))

Package

-

Transistor Count

17.75 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

205 W

Power Consumption

100 W

84 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

2x73 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

397 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3 GHz

28

Total Core Count

16

56

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

20.0

80 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

52.5 MB

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4400

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

8

Max Memory Channels

6

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

5

80

PCIe Lanes

96

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