Intel Xeon Gold 6346 vs AMD EPYC 7272

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Intel Xeon Gold 6346

AMD EPYC 7272

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Gold 6346 with 16 cores 3.1GHz and AMD EPYC 7272 with 12 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon Gold 6346 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 8 months late

Higher base frequency (3.1GHz vs 2.6GHz)

AMD EPYC 7272 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 36MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (120W vs 205W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6346 +90%

1298

AMD EPYC 7272

683

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6346 +72%

7306

AMD EPYC 7272

4227

Intel Xeon Gold 6346

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AMD EPYC 7272

General Parameters

Apr 2021

Release Date

Aug 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Ice Lake-SP

Core Architecture

Rome

Intel Socket 4189

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Ice Lake-SP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Package

-

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

205 W

Power Consumption

120 W

78 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

74 mm²

CPU Performance

3.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.6 GHz

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

16

Total Core Count

12

32

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

31.0

Multiplier

26.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

36 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

4

64

PCIe Lanes

-

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