Xeon Platinum 8260 vs AMD EPYC 7663

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8260

AMD EPYC 7663

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Platinum 8260 with 24 cores 2.4GHz and AMD EPYC 7663 with 56 cores 2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon Platinum 8260 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 2GHz)

Lower TDP (165W vs 240W)

AMD EPYC 7663 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 4)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 35.75MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Xeon Platinum 8260 +50%

1169

AMD EPYC 7663

777

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Xeon Platinum 8260 +41%

8928

AMD EPYC 7663

6330

Xeon Platinum 8260

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AMD EPYC 7663

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

165 W

Power Consumption

240 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

8x81 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

12 nm

-

I/O Die Size

416 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

24

Total Core Count

56

48

Total Thread Count

112

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

24.0

Multiplier

20.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 KB per core

35.75 MB shared

L3 Cache

256 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

Cores per CCD

7

8

SMP

2

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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