Intel Xeon Platinum 9221 vs AMD EPYC 8124P

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Intel Xeon Platinum 9221

AMD EPYC 8124P

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Platinum 9221 with 32 cores 2.1GHz and AMD EPYC 8124P with 16 cores 2.45GHz . 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

Larger L3 cache size (71.5MB vs 64MB)

AMD EPYC 8124P 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 2933)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.45GHz vs 2.1GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (125W vs 250W)

Score

Intel Xeon Platinum 9221

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AMD EPYC 8124P

General Parameters

Apr 2019

Release Date

Sep 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Cascade Lake-AP

Core Architecture

Siena

Intel BGA 5903

Socket

AMD Socket SP6

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum (Cascade Lake-AP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 4c (Siena))

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

17.75 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

250 W

Power Consumption

125 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

75 °C

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

2x73 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

397 mm²

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.45 GHz

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3 GHz

32

Total Core Count

16

64

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

23.0

Multiplier

24.5

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

71.5 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

8

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

4

Max Memory Channels

6

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

96

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