AMD EPYC 7251 vs Intel Xeon Gold 5318N

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We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7251 with 8 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Xeon Gold 5318N with 24 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7251 's Advantages

Lower TDP (120W vs 150W)

Intel Xeon Gold 5318N 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2667 vs DDR4-2400)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (36MB vs 32MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7251

537

Intel Xeon Gold 5318N +55%

836

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7251

540

Intel Xeon Gold 5318N +2721%

15234

AMD EPYC 7251

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Intel Xeon Gold 5318N

General Parameters

Jun 2017

Release Date

Apr 2021

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Ice Lake-SP

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 4189

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Xeon Gold (Ice Lake-SP)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 4189

120 W

Power Consumption

150 W

81 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

83 °C

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

-

FCLGA-4094

Package

FC-LGA4189

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

8

Total Core Count

24

16

Total Thread Count

48

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

21.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

36 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2400

Memory Types

DDR4-2667

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

4

-

PCIe Lanes

64

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