Xeon Gold 6538N vs AMD EPYC 8434P

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Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

AMD EPYC 8434P

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Gold 6538N with 32 cores 2.1GHz and AMD EPYC 8434P with 48 cores 2.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon Gold 6538N 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 4800)

AMD EPYC 8434P 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 60MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (200W vs 205W)

Score

Xeon Gold 6538N

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AMD EPYC 8434P

General Parameters

Dec 2023

Release Date

Sep 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Emerald Rapids

Core Architecture

Siena

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

AMD Socket SP6

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 4c (Siena))

Package

-

Transistor Count

35.5 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

205 W

Power Consumption

200 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

75 °C

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

2x763 mm²

Die Size

4x73 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

397 mm²

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.1 GHz

32

Total Core Count

48

64

Total Thread Count

96

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

25.0

80 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

60 MB shared

L3 Cache

128 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

8

Max Memory Channels

6

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

5

80

PCIe Lanes

96

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