Xeon 6979P vs EPYC 7552

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Intel Xeon 6979P

AMD EPYC 7552

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon 6979P with 120 cores 2.1GHz and EPYC 7552 with 48 cores 2.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon 6979P 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (8800 vs 3200)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)

Larger L3 cache size (504MB vs 192MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 7nm)

EPYC 7552 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.2GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Lower TDP (200W vs 500W)

Score

Xeon 6979P

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EPYC 7552

General Parameters

Sep 2024

Release Date

Aug 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Granite Rapids

Core Architecture

Rome

Intel Socket 7529

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon 6(Granite Rapids-AP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Package

-

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

500 W

Power Consumption

200 W

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

74 mm²

10 nm

I/O Process Size

-

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.3 GHz

120

Total Core Count

48

240

Total Thread Count

96

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

22.0

112 KB per core

L1 Cache

96 KB per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 KB per core

504 MB shared

L3 Cache

192 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

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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