Intel Xeon Gold 5420 vs AMD EPYC 9684X

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Intel Xeon Gold 5420+

AMD EPYC 9684X

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Gold 5420 with 28 cores 2GHz and AMD EPYC 9684X with 96 cores 2.55GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon Gold 5420 's Advantages

Lower TDP (205W vs 400W)

AMD EPYC 9684X 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 4400)

Higher base frequency (2.55GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (1152MB vs 52.5MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 10nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon Gold 5420 +2%

2145

AMD EPYC 9684X

2097

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Gold 5420

17725

AMD EPYC 9684X +18%

21077

Intel Xeon Gold 5420

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AMD EPYC 9684X

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Jun 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sapphire Rapids

Core Architecture

Genoa-X

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))

Package

-

Transistor Count

135.24 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

205 W

Power Consumption

400 W

84 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

12x72 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

397 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.55 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

28

Total Core Count

96

56

Total Thread Count

192

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

25.5

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

1152 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4400

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

8

Max Memory Channels

12

-

Max Memory Bandwidth

460.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD EPYC 9684X

5

PCIe Version

5

80

PCIe Lanes

128

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