Xeon Platinum 8256 vs AMD EPYC 7281

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8256

AMD EPYC 7281

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Platinum 8256 with 4 cores 3.8GHz 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 Platinum 8256 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 6 months late

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Lower TDP (105W vs 170W)

AMD EPYC 7281 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 4)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 16.5MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Xeon Platinum 8256 +139%

1339

AMD EPYC 7281

560

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Xeon Platinum 8256 +1187%

5871

AMD EPYC 7281

456

Xeon Platinum 8256

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AMD EPYC 7281

General Parameters

Dec 2018

Release Date

Jun 2017

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Cascade Lake-SP

Core Architecture

Naples

Intel Socket 3647

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum(Cascade Lake-SP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

170 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

-

Die Size

213 mm²

CPU Performance

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.7 GHz

4

Total Core Count

16

8

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

38.0

Multiplier

21.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

16.5 MB shared

L3 Cache

32 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

8

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

3

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