Xeon Platinum 8256 vs AMD EPYC 9384X

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8256

AMD EPYC 9384X

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Platinum 8256 with 4 cores 3.8GHz and AMD EPYC 9384X with 32 cores 3.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon Platinum 8256 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.1GHz)

Lower TDP (105W vs 320W)

AMD EPYC 9384X 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 4)

Larger L3 cache size (768MB vs 16.5MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Xeon Platinum 8256

1339

AMD EPYC 9384X +61%

2169

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Xeon Platinum 8256

5871

AMD EPYC 9384X +194%

17274

Xeon Platinum 8256

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AMD EPYC 9384X

General Parameters

Dec 2018

Release Date

Jun 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Cascade Lake-SP

Core Architecture

Genoa-X

Intel Socket 3647

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum(Cascade Lake-SP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

90.16 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

320 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

8x72 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

397 mm²

CPU Performance

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.1 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

4

Total Core Count

32

8

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

38.0

Multiplier

25.5

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

768 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

8

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

Max Memory Channels

12

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

128

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