Intel Xeon Platinum 9221 vs AMD EPYC 9124

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Intel Xeon Platinum 9221

AMD EPYC 9124

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Platinum 9221 with 32 cores 2.1GHz and AMD EPYC 9124 with 16 cores 3GHz . 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 9124 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 2933)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (3GHz vs 2.1GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (200W vs 250W)

Score

Intel Xeon Platinum 9221

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AMD EPYC 9124

General Parameters

Apr 2019

Release Date

Nov 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Cascade Lake-AP

Core Architecture

Genoa

Intel BGA 5903

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum (Cascade Lake-AP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

26.28 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

250 W

Power Consumption

200 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

4x72 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

397 mm²

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3 GHz

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

32

Total Core Count

16

64

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

23.0

Multiplier

30.0

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

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

4

Max Memory Channels

12

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

128

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