Xeon Platinum 8280 vs AMD EPYC 7642

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8280

AMD EPYC 7642

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Platinum 8280 with 28 cores 2.7GHz and AMD EPYC 7642 with 48 cores 2.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon Platinum 8280 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.7GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Lower TDP (205W vs 225W)

AMD EPYC 7642 's Advantages

Released 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 4)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 38.5MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Xeon Platinum 8280 +7%

1286

AMD EPYC 7642

1191

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Xeon Platinum 8280

1535

AMD EPYC 7642 +640%

11362

Xeon Platinum 8280

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AMD EPYC 7642

General Parameters

Dec 2018

Release Date

Aug 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Cascade Lake-SP

Core Architecture

Rome

Intel Socket 3647

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum(Cascade Lake-SP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

205 W

Power Consumption

225 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

74 mm²

CPU Performance

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

28

Total Core Count

48

56

Total Thread Count

96

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

27.0

Multiplier

24.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

38.5 MB shared

L3 Cache

256 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

8

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

4

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