Xeon Platinum 8260 vs AMD EPYC 7251

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8260

AMD EPYC 7251

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Platinum 8260 with 24 cores 2.4GHz and AMD EPYC 7251 with 8 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon Platinum 8260 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 6 months late

Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (35.75MB vs 32MB)

AMD EPYC 7251 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (2400 vs 4)

Lower TDP (120W vs 165W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Xeon Platinum 8260 +49%

1169

AMD EPYC 7251

781

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Xeon Platinum 8260 +144%

8928

AMD EPYC 7251

3651

Xeon Platinum 8260

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AMD EPYC 7251

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

165 W

Power Consumption

120 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

81 °C

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

-

Die Size

213 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.9 GHz

24

Total Core Count

8

48

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

24.0

Multiplier

21.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

35.75 MB shared

L3 Cache

32 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

8

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4

Memory Types

DDR4-2400

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

3

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