Intel Xeon Gold 5520 vs AMD EPYC 7251

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Intel Xeon Gold 5520+

AMD EPYC 7251

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Gold 5520 with 28 cores 2.2GHz and AMD EPYC 7251 with 8 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon Gold 5520 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 2400)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.2GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (52.5MB vs 32MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)

AMD EPYC 7251 's Advantages

Lower TDP (120W vs 205W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon Gold 5520 +81%

1414

AMD EPYC 7251

781

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Gold 5520 +303%

14750

AMD EPYC 7251

3651

Intel Xeon Gold 5520

VS

AMD EPYC 7251

General Parameters

Dec 2023

Release Date

Jun 2017

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Emerald Rapids

Core Architecture

Naples

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Package

-

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

205 W

Power Consumption

120 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

81 °C

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

2x763 mm²

Die Size

213 mm²

CPU Performance

2.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.9 GHz

28

Total Core Count

8

56

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

22.0

Multiplier

21.0

80 KB per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

52.5 MB shared

L3 Cache

32 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

2

SMP

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800

Memory Types

DDR4-2400

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

3

80

PCIe Lanes

-

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