Intel Xeon Gold 5520 vs AMD EPYC 9124

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Intel Xeon Gold 5520+

AMD EPYC 9124

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Gold 5520 with 28 cores 2.2GHz and AMD EPYC 9124 with 16 cores 3GHz . 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 1 years and 1 months late

AMD EPYC 9124 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3GHz vs 2.2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 52.5MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (200W vs 205W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon Gold 5520

1414

AMD EPYC 9124 +39%

1970

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Gold 5520

14750

AMD EPYC 9124 +13%

16674

Intel Xeon Gold 5520

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AMD EPYC 9124

General Parameters

Dec 2023

Release Date

Nov 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Emerald Rapids

Core Architecture

Genoa

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))

Package

-

Transistor Count

26.28 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

205 W

Power Consumption

200 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

2x763 mm²

Die Size

4x72 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

397 mm²

CPU Performance

2.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

28

Total Core Count

16

56

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

22.0

Multiplier

30.0

80 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

52.5 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

8

Max Memory Channels

12

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

5

80

PCIe Lanes

128

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