Intel Xeon Gold 5420 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX

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Intel Xeon Gold 5420+

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Gold 5420 with 28 cores 2GHz and AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX with 24 cores 3.8GHz . 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

Released 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (4400 vs 3200)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)

Lower TDP (205W vs 280W)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 52.5MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 10nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon Gold 5420 +2%

2145

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX

2086

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Gold 5420

17725

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX +9%

19489

Intel Xeon Gold 5420

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Mar 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sapphire Rapids

Core Architecture

Chagall PRO

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

AMD Socket WRX8

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Generation

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 3 (Chagall))

Package

-

Transistor Count

16.6 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

205 W

Power Consumption

280 W

84 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

4x81 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

14 nm

-

I/O Die Size

416 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.8 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 GHz

28

Total Core Count

24

56

Total Thread Count

48

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

38.0

80 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

52.5 MB

L3 Cache

128 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4400

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

4

80

PCIe Lanes

128

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