Intel Xeon Gold 6438N vs AMD Threadripper PRO 7985WX

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Intel Xeon Gold 6438N

AMD Threadripper PRO 7985WX

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Gold 6438N with 32 cores 2GHz and AMD Threadripper PRO 7985WX with 64 cores 3.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon Gold 6438N 's Advantages

Lower TDP (205W vs 350W)

AMD Threadripper PRO 7985WX 's Advantages

Released 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 4800)

Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 60MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 10nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6438N

1986

AMD Threadripper PRO 7985WX +30%

2599

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6438N

5800

AMD Threadripper PRO 7985WX +327%

24780

Intel Xeon Gold 6438N

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AMD Threadripper PRO 7985WX

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Oct 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sapphire Rapids

Core Architecture

Storm Peak

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

AMD Socket sTR5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Generation

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 4 (Storm Peak))

Package

-

Transistor Count

52.56 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

205 W

Power Consumption

350 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

8x71 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

388 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.1 GHz

32

Total Core Count

64

Total Thread Count

128

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

32.0

80 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

64 MB

60 MB

L3 Cache

256 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

2

SMP

1

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

-

Max Memory Size

2 TB

8

Max Memory Channels

8

-

Max Memory Bandwidth

332.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD Threadripper PRO 7985WX

5

PCIe Version

5

80

PCIe Lanes

128

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