Xeon Gold 6538N vs AMD EPYC 9255

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Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

AMD EPYC 9255

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Gold 6538N with 32 cores 2.1GHz and AMD EPYC 9255 with 24 cores 3.25GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 9255 's Advantages

Released 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 5200)

Higher base frequency (3.25GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 60MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (200W vs 205W)

Score

Xeon Gold 6538N

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AMD EPYC 9255

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

33.26 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

205 W

Power Consumption

200 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

2x763 mm²

Die Size

4x70.6 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

mm²

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

24

-

Performance Core Threads

48

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.25 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.8 GHz

32

Total Core Count

24

64

Total Thread Count

48

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

32.5

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

128 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 9255

5

PCIe Version

5

80

PCIe Lanes

128

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