Intel Xeon Platinum 8260 vs AMD EPYC 7F72

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We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Platinum 8260 with 24 cores 2.4GHz and AMD EPYC 7F72 with 24 cores 3.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon Platinum 8260 's Advantages

Lower TDP (165W vs 240W)

AMD EPYC 7F72 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4)

Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (192MB vs 35.75MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon Platinum 8260

1169

AMD EPYC 7F72 +24%

1459

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Platinum 8260

8928

AMD EPYC 7F72 +20%

10782

Intel Xeon Platinum 8260

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AMD EPYC 7F72

General Parameters

Dec 2018

Release Date

Apr 2020

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Cascade Lake-SP

Core Architecture

Rome

Intel Socket 3647

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum (Cascade Lake-SP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

Intel Socket 3647

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

165 W

Power Consumption

240 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

74 mm²

FC-LGA3647

Package

FCLGA-4094

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

24

Total Core Count

24

48

Total Thread Count

48

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

24.0

Multiplier

32.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

35.75 MB shared

L3 Cache

192 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

8

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

4

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