Xeon Platinum 8256 vs AMD EPYC 8124P

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8256

AMD EPYC 8124P

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Platinum 8256 with 4 cores 3.8GHz and AMD EPYC 8124P with 16 cores 2.45GHz . 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 2.45GHz)

Lower TDP (105W vs 125W)

AMD EPYC 8124P 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 4)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 16.5MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Xeon Platinum 8256

1339

AMD EPYC 8124P +23%

1654

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Xeon Platinum 8256

5871

AMD EPYC 8124P +113%

12550

Xeon Platinum 8256

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AMD EPYC 8124P

General Parameters

Dec 2018

Release Date

Sep 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Cascade Lake-SP

Core Architecture

Siena

Intel Socket 3647

Socket

AMD Socket SP6

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum(Cascade Lake-SP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 4c (Siena))

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

17.75 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

125 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

75 °C

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

2x73 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

397 mm²

CPU Performance

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.45 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3 GHz

4

Total Core Count

16

8

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

38.0

Multiplier

24.5

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

16.5 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

8

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

Max Memory Channels

6

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

96

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