Intel Xeon Gold 6438Y vs EPYC 7272

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Intel Xeon Gold 6438Y+

AMD EPYC 7272

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Gold 6438Y with 32 cores 2GHz and EPYC 7272 with 12 cores 2.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon Gold 6438Y 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3200)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)

EPYC 7272 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 60MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (120W vs 205W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6438Y

1040

EPYC 7272 +17%

1217

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6438Y +36%

9113

EPYC 7272

6675

Intel Xeon Gold 6438Y

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EPYC 7272

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

205 W

Power Consumption

120 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

74 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

32

Total Core Count

12

64

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

29.0

80 K per core

L1 Cache

96 KB per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 KB per core

60 MB

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

4

80

PCIe Lanes

128

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