Intel Xeon Gold 6421N vs AMD EPYC 9454

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Intel Xeon Gold 6421N

AMD EPYC 9454

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Gold 6421N with 32 cores 1.8GHz and AMD EPYC 9454 with 48 cores 2.75GHz . 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

Lower TDP (185W vs 290W)

AMD EPYC 9454 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 4400)

Higher base frequency (2.75GHz vs 1.8GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 60MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 10nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6421N +21%

2104

AMD EPYC 9454

1728

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6421N

12541

AMD EPYC 9454 +43%

18038

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6421N

848

AMD EPYC 9454 +86%

1585

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6421N

9394

AMD EPYC 9454 +467%

53277

Intel Xeon Gold 6421N

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AMD EPYC 9454

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Nov 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sapphire Rapids

Core Architecture

Genoa

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))

Package

-

Transistor Count

52.56 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

185 W

Power Consumption

290 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

8x72 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

397 mm²

CPU Performance

1.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.75 GHz

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

32

Total Core Count

48

64

Total Thread Count

96

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

18.0

Multiplier

27.5

80 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

60 MB

L3 Cache

256 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4400

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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