Xeon Platinum 8280 vs AMD EPYC 7543

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8280

AMD EPYC 7543

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Platinum 8280 with 28 cores 2.7GHz and AMD EPYC 7543 with 32 cores 2.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon Platinum 8280 's Advantages

Lower TDP (205W vs 225W)

AMD EPYC 7543 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 4)

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.7GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 38.5MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Xeon Platinum 8280

1286

AMD EPYC 7543 +31%

1688

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Xeon Platinum 8280

1535

AMD EPYC 7543 +100%

3080

Xeon Platinum 8280

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AMD EPYC 7543

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

205 W

Power Consumption

225 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

8x81 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

12 nm

-

I/O Die Size

416 mm²

CPU Performance

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

28

Total Core Count

32

56

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

27.0

Multiplier

28.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 KB per core

38.5 MB shared

L3 Cache

256 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

Cores per CCD

4

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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