Xeon Gold 6538N vs AMD EPYC 7281

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Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

AMD EPYC 7281

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Gold 6538N with 32 cores 2.1GHz and AMD EPYC 7281 with 16 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon Gold 6538N 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2666)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (60MB vs 32MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)

AMD EPYC 7281 's Advantages

Lower TDP (170W vs 205W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Xeon Gold 6538N +312%

2310

AMD EPYC 7281

560

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Xeon Gold 6538N +4463%

20810

AMD EPYC 7281

456

Xeon Gold 6538N

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AMD EPYC 7281

General Parameters

Dec 2023

Release Date

Jun 2017

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Emerald Rapids

Core Architecture

Naples

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Package

-

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

205 W

Power Consumption

170 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

2x763 mm²

Die Size

213 mm²

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.7 GHz

32

Total Core Count

16

64

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

21.0

80 KB per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

60 MB shared

L3 Cache

32 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

2

SMP

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

3

80

PCIe Lanes

-

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