Intel Xeon Gold 6421N vs AMD EPYC 7502

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We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Gold 6421N with 32 cores 1.8GHz and AMD EPYC 7502 with 32 cores 2.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon Gold 6421N 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4400 vs DDR4-3200)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)

AMD EPYC 7502 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 1.8GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 60MB)

Lower TDP (180W vs 185W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6421N +71%

2104

AMD EPYC 7502

1225

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6421N +7%

12541

AMD EPYC 7502

11663

Intel Xeon Gold 6421N

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AMD EPYC 7502

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Aug 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sapphire Rapids

Core Architecture

Rome

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Package

-

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

185 W

Power Consumption

180 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

74 mm²

FC-LGA16A

Package

FCLGA-4094

CPU Performance

1.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.35 GHz

32

Total Core Count

32

64

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

18.0

Multiplier

25.0

80 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

60 MB

L3 Cache

128 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

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

-

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