Xeon Gold 6538N vs AMD EPYC 9015

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Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

AMD EPYC 9015

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Gold 6538N with 32 cores 2.1GHz and AMD EPYC 9015 with 8 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 9015 's Advantages

Released 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 5200)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 60MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (125W vs 205W)

Score

Xeon Gold 6538N

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AMD EPYC 9015

General Parameters

Dec 2023

Release Date

Oct 2024

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Emerald Rapids

Core Architecture

Turin

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Generation

EPYC(Zen 5 (Turin))

Package

-

Transistor Count

16.63 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

205 W

Power Consumption

125 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

2x763 mm²

Die Size

2x70.6 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

mm²

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

8

-

Performance Core Threads

16

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

32

Total Core Count

8

64

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

36.0

80 KB per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

60 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR5-6000

-

Max Memory Size

6 TB

8

Max Memory Channels

12

-

Max Memory Bandwidth

576 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD EPYC 9015

5

PCIe Version

5

80

PCIe Lanes

128

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