Intel Xeon Gold 5420 vs AMD EPYC 9755

VS

Intel Xeon Gold 5420+

AMD EPYC 9755

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Gold 5420 with 28 cores 2GHz and AMD EPYC 9755 with 128 cores 2.7GHz . 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 500W)

AMD EPYC 9755 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 4400)

Higher base frequency (2.7GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (512MB vs 52.5MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 10nm)

Score

Intel Xeon Gold 5420

VS

AMD EPYC 9755

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Oct 2024

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sapphire Rapids

Core Architecture

Turin

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Generation

EPYC(Zen 5 (Turin))

Package

-

Transistor Count

133.04 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

205 W

Power Consumption

500 W

84 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

16x70.6 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

mm²

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

128

-

Performance Core Threads

256

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.7 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

28

Total Core Count

128

56

Total Thread Count

256

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

27.0

80 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

52.5 MB

L3 Cache

512 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4400

Memory Types

DDR5-6000

-

Max Memory Size

6 TB

8

Max Memory Channels

12

-

Max Memory Bandwidth

576 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD EPYC 9755

5

PCIe Version

5

80

PCIe Lanes

128

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