Xeon Platinum 8481C vs AMD EPYC 9255

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8481C

AMD EPYC 9255

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Platinum 8481C with 56 cores 2GHz 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 1 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 4800)

Higher base frequency (3.25GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 105MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (200W vs 350W)

Score

Xeon Platinum 8481C

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AMD EPYC 9255

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Oct 2024

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sapphire Rapids

Core Architecture

Turin

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum(Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Generation

EPYC(Zen 5 (Turin))

Package

-

Transistor Count

33.26 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

350 W

Power Consumption

200 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

4x477 mm²

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 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.25 GHz

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.8 GHz

56

Total Core Count

24

112

Total Thread Count

48

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

32.5

80 KB per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

105 MB

L3 Cache

128 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800

Memory Types

DDR5-6000

-

Max Memory Size

6 TB

8

Max Memory Channels

12

-

Max Memory Bandwidth

576 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD EPYC 9255

5

PCIe Version

5

80

PCIe Lanes

128

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