Xeon Platinum 8260 vs AMD EPYC 9355

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8260

AMD EPYC 9355

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Platinum 8260 with 24 cores 2.4GHz and AMD EPYC 9355 with 32 cores 3.55GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon Platinum 8260 's Advantages

Lower TDP (165W vs 280W)

AMD EPYC 9355 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 4)

Higher base frequency (3.55GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 35.75MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)

Score

Xeon Platinum 8260

VS

AMD EPYC 9355

General Parameters

Dec 2018

Release Date

Oct 2024

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Cascade Lake-SP

Core Architecture

Turin

Intel Socket 3647

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum(Cascade Lake-SP)

Generation

EPYC(Zen 5 (Turin))

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

66.52 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

165 W

Power Consumption

280 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

8x70.6 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

mm²

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

32

-

Performance Core Threads

64

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.55 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

24

Total Core Count

32

48

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

24.0

Multiplier

35.5

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

35.75 MB shared

L3 Cache

256 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

8

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4

Memory Types

DDR5-6000

-

Max Memory Size

6 TB

Max Memory Channels

12

-

Max Memory Bandwidth

576 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD EPYC 9355

-

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

128

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