AMD EPYC 9654P vs Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

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We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9654P with 96 cores 2.4GHz and Intel Xeon Gold 6538N with 32 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 9654P 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (384MB vs 60MB)

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR5-4800)

Lower TDP (270W vs 360W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 9654P +53%

2075

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

1353

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 9654P +54%

22897

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

14831

AMD EPYC 9654P

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Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

General Parameters

Nov 2022

Release Date

Dec 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Genoa

Core Architecture

Emerald Rapids

AMD Socket SP5

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))

Generation

Xeon Gold (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Package

78.84 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

AMD Socket SP5

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

360 W

Power Consumption

270 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

12x72 mm²

Die Size

2x763 mm²

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

397 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

FC-LGA6096

Package

FC-LGA16A

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

96

Total Core Count

32

192

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

24.0

Multiplier

21.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

384 MB shared

L3 Cache

60 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

12

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

5

128

PCIe Lanes

80

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