AMD EPYC 7252 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8480

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We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7252 with 8 cores 2.8GHz and Intel Xeon Platinum 8480 with 56 cores 2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7252 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2GHz)

Lower TDP (120W vs 350W)

Intel Xeon Platinum 8480 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR4-3200)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)

Larger L3 cache size (105MB vs 64MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7252

1219

Intel Xeon Platinum 8480 +22%

1494

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7252

5929

Intel Xeon Platinum 8480 +80%

10690

AMD EPYC 7252

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8480

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Jan 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Sapphire Rapids

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon Platinum (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

120 W

Power Consumption

350 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

79 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

4x477 mm²

FCLGA-4094

Package

FC-LGA16A

CPU Performance

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

8

Total Core Count

56

16

Total Thread Count

112

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

28.0

Multiplier

20.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

105 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

80

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