Intel Xeon Platinum 9221 vs AMD EPYC 72F3

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Intel Xeon Platinum 9221

AMD EPYC 72F3

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Platinum 9221 with 32 cores 2.1GHz and AMD EPYC 72F3 with 8 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 72F3 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2933)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 71.5MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (180W vs 250W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Xeon Platinum 9221

1004

AMD EPYC 72F3 +45%

1460

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Platinum 9221 +79%

27056

AMD EPYC 72F3

15109

Intel Xeon Platinum 9221

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AMD EPYC 72F3

General Parameters

Apr 2019

Release Date

Mar 2021

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Cascade Lake-AP

Core Architecture

Milan

Intel BGA 5903

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum (Cascade Lake-AP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 3 (Milan))

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

33.2 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

250 W

Power Consumption

180 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

8x81 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

12 nm

-

I/O Die Size

416 mm²

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

32

Total Core Count

8

64

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

23.0

Multiplier

37.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 KB per core

71.5 MB shared

L3 Cache

256 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

Cores per CCD

1

8

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

4

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

4

-

PCIe Lanes

128

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