Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 vs AMD EPYC 7301

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We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 with 24 cores 2.9GHz and AMD EPYC 7301 with 16 cores 2.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 6 months late

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.2GHz)

AMD EPYC 7301 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2666 vs DDR4)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 35.75MB)

Lower TDP (170W vs 205W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 +96%

1012

AMD EPYC 7301

514

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 +81%

3553

AMD EPYC 7301

1955

Intel Xeon Platinum 8268

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AMD EPYC 7301

General Parameters

Dec 2018

Release Date

Jun 2017

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Cascade Lake-SP

Core Architecture

Naples

Intel Socket 3647

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum (Cascade Lake-SP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

Intel Socket 3647

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

205 W

Power Consumption

170 W

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Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

-

Die Size

213 mm²

FC-LGA3647

Package

FCLGA-4094

CPU Performance

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.7 GHz

24

Total Core Count

16

48

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

22.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

35.75 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

8

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

3

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