Xeon Platinum 8280 vs AMD EPYC 9124

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8280

AMD EPYC 9124

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Platinum 8280 with 28 cores 2.7GHz and AMD EPYC 9124 with 16 cores 3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 9124 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 4)

Higher base frequency (3GHz vs 2.7GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 38.5MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (200W vs 205W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Xeon Platinum 8280

1286

AMD EPYC 9124 +53%

1970

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Xeon Platinum 8280

1535

AMD EPYC 9124 +986%

16674

Xeon Platinum 8280

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AMD EPYC 9124

General Parameters

Dec 2018

Release Date

Nov 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Cascade Lake-SP

Core Architecture

Genoa

Intel Socket 3647

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum(Cascade Lake-SP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

26.28 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

205 W

Power Consumption

200 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

4x72 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

397 mm²

CPU Performance

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

28

Total Core Count

16

56

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

27.0

Multiplier

30.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

38.5 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

8

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

Max Memory Channels

12

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

128

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