Intel Xeon Platinum 9221 vs AMD EPYC 7601

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We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Platinum 9221 with 32 cores 2.1GHz and AMD EPYC 7601 with 32 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 9221 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2933 vs DDR4-2666)

Larger L3 cache size (71.5MB vs 64MB)

AMD EPYC 7601 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.2GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Lower TDP (180W vs 250W)

Score

Intel Xeon Platinum 9221

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AMD EPYC 7601

General Parameters

Apr 2019

Release Date

Jun 2017

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Cascade Lake-AP

Core Architecture

Naples

Intel BGA 5903

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum (Cascade Lake-AP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

Intel BGA 5903

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

250 W

Power Consumption

180 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

81 °C

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

-

Die Size

213 mm²

FC-BGA5903

Package

FCLGA-4094

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

32

Total Core Count

32

64

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

23.0

Multiplier

22.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

71.5 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

8

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

4

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

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