Xeon 6979P vs AMD EPYC 75F3

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Intel Xeon 6979P

AMD EPYC 75F3

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon 6979P with 120 cores 2.1GHz and AMD EPYC 75F3 with 32 cores 2.95GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon 6979P '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 (504MB vs 256MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 7nm)

AMD EPYC 75F3 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.95GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Lower TDP (280W vs 500W)

Score

Xeon 6979P

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AMD EPYC 75F3

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

280 W

95°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

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.95 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

120

Total Core Count

32

240

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

29.5

112 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 KB per core

504 MB shared

L3 Cache

256 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

Cores per CCD

4

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 6979P

Official Website

-

5

PCIe Version

4

96

PCIe Lanes

128

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