Xeon 6960P vs AMD EPYC 7601

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Intel Xeon 6960P

AMD EPYC 7601

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

Xeon 6960P 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (8800 vs 2666)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.7GHz vs 2.2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (432MB vs 64MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

AMD EPYC 7601 's Advantages

Lower TDP (180W vs 500W)

Score

Xeon 6960P

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AMD EPYC 7601

General Parameters

Sep 2024

Release Date

Jun 2017

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Granite Rapids

Core Architecture

Naples

Intel Socket 7529

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon 6(Granite Rapids-AP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Package

-

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

500 W

Power Consumption

180 W

102°C

Peak Operating Temperature

81 °C

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

-

Die Size

213 mm²

10 nm

I/O Process Size

-

CPU Performance

72

Performance Cores

-

144

Performance Core Threads

-

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

72

Total Core Count

32

144

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

27.0

Multiplier

22.0

112 KB per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

432 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

2

SMP

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-6400,MRDIMM-8800

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

3 TB

Max Memory Size

-

12

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

Xeon 6960P

Official Website

-

5

PCIe Version

3

96

PCIe Lanes

-

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