Xeon Platinum 8280 vs AMD EPYC 9255

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8280

AMD EPYC 9255

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Platinum 8280 with 28 cores 2.7GHz and AMD EPYC 9255 with 24 cores 3.25GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 9255 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 4)

Higher base frequency (3.25GHz vs 2.7GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 38.5MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (200W vs 205W)

Score

Xeon Platinum 8280

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AMD EPYC 9255

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

33.26 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

205 W

Power Consumption

200 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

4x70.6 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

mm²

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

24

-

Performance Core Threads

48

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.25 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.8 GHz

28

Total Core Count

24

56

Total Thread Count

48

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

27.0

Multiplier

32.5

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

38.5 MB shared

L3 Cache

128 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 9255

-

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

128

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