Xeon 6979P vs AMD EPYC 9355P

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Intel Xeon 6979P

AMD EPYC 9355P

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon 6979P with 120 cores 2.1GHz and AMD EPYC 9355P with 32 cores 3.55GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon 6979P 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (8800 vs 6000)

Larger L3 cache size (504MB vs 256MB)

AMD EPYC 9355P 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.55GHz vs 2.1GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 5nm)

Lower TDP (280W vs 500W)

Score

Xeon 6979P

VS

AMD EPYC 9355P

General Parameters

Sep 2024

Release Date

Oct 2024

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Granite Rapids

Core Architecture

Turin

Intel Socket 7529

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon 6(Granite Rapids-AP)

Generation

EPYC(Zen 5 (Turin))

Package

-

Transistor Count

66.52 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

500 W

Power Consumption

280 W

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

8x70.6 mm²

10 nm

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

mm²

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

32

-

Performance Core Threads

64

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.55 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

120

Total Core Count

32

240

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

35.5

112 KB per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

504 MB shared

L3 Cache

256 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-6400,MRDIMM-8800

Memory Types

DDR5-6000

3 TB

Max Memory Size

6 TB

12

Max Memory Channels

12

-

Max Memory Bandwidth

576 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

Xeon 6979P

Official Website

AMD EPYC 9355P

5

PCIe Version

5

96

PCIe Lanes

128

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