Xeon Platinum 8256 vs AMD EPYC 7543P

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8256

AMD EPYC 7543P

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Platinum 8256 with 4 cores 3.8GHz and AMD EPYC 7543P with 32 cores 2.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon Platinum 8256 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 2.8GHz)

Lower TDP (105W vs 225W)

AMD EPYC 7543P 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 4)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 16.5MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Xeon Platinum 8256

1339

AMD EPYC 7543P +20%

1614

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Xeon Platinum 8256

5871

AMD EPYC 7543P +2%

6021

Xeon Platinum 8256

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AMD EPYC 7543P

General Parameters

Dec 2018

Release Date

Mar 2021

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Cascade Lake-SP

Core Architecture

Milan

Intel Socket 3647

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum(Cascade Lake-SP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 3 (Milan))

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

33.2 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

225 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

8x81 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

12 nm

-

I/O Die Size

416 mm²

CPU Performance

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

4

Total Core Count

32

8

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

38.0

Multiplier

28.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 KB per core

16.5 MB shared

L3 Cache

256 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

Cores per CCD

4

8

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

4

-

PCIe Lanes

128

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