Xeon 6979P vs AMD EPYC Embedded 3255

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Intel Xeon 6979P

AMD EPYC Embedded 3255

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon 6979P with 120 cores 2.1GHz and AMD EPYC Embedded 3255 with 8 cores 2.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon 6979P 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (8800 vs 2666)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (504MB vs 16MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

AMD EPYC Embedded 3255 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Lower TDP (55W vs 500W)

Score

Xeon 6979P

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AMD EPYC Embedded 3255

General Parameters

Sep 2024

Release Date

Feb 2018

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Granite Rapids

Core Architecture

Zen

Intel Socket 7529

Socket

AMD BGA SP4r2

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon 6(Granite Rapids-AP)

Generation

EPYC Embedded (Zen (Snowy Owl))

Package

-

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

500 W

Power Consumption

55 W

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

-

Die Size

213 mm²

10 nm

I/O Process Size

-

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.1 GHz

120

Total Core Count

8

240

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

25.0

112 KB per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

504 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-6400,MRDIMM-8800

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

3 TB

Max Memory Size

-

12

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

Xeon 6979P

Official Website

-

5

PCIe Version

3

96

PCIe Lanes

32

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