Xeon 6960P vs AMD EPYC 72F3

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Intel Xeon 6960P

AMD EPYC 72F3

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon 6960P with 72 cores 2.7GHz 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

Xeon 6960P 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (8800 vs 3200)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)

Larger L3 cache size (432MB vs 256MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 7nm)

AMD EPYC 72F3 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 2.7GHz)

Lower TDP (180W vs 500W)

Score

Xeon 6960P

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AMD EPYC 72F3

General Parameters

Sep 2024

Release Date

Mar 2021

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Granite Rapids

Core Architecture

Milan

Intel Socket 7529

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon 6(Granite Rapids-AP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 3 (Milan))

Package

-

Transistor Count

33.2 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

500 W

Power Consumption

180 W

102°C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

8x81 mm²

10 nm

I/O Process Size

12 nm

-

I/O Die Size

416 mm²

CPU Performance

72

Performance Cores

-

144

Performance Core Threads

-

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

72

Total Core Count

8

144

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

27.0

Multiplier

37.0

112 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 KB per core

432 MB shared

L3 Cache

256 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

Cores per CCD

1

2

SMP

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-6400,MRDIMM-8800

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

3 TB

Max Memory Size

-

12

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

Xeon 6960P

Official Website

-

5

PCIe Version

4

96

PCIe Lanes

128

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