AMD EPYC 7272 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8270

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We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7272 with 12 cores 2.6GHz and Intel Xeon Platinum 8270 with 26 cores 2.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7272 's Advantages

Released 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 35.75MB)

Lower TDP (120W vs 205W)

Intel Xeon Platinum 8270 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.7GHz vs 2.6GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7272 +8%

683

Intel Xeon Platinum 8270

629

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7272 +284%

4227

Intel Xeon Platinum 8270

1099

AMD EPYC 7272

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8270

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Dec 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Cascade Lake-SP

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 3647

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon Platinum (Cascade Lake-SP)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

8 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 3647

120 W

Power Consumption

205 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

-

FCLGA-4094

Package

FC-LGA3647

CPU Performance

2.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.7 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

12

Total Core Count

26

24

Total Thread Count

52

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

26.0

Multiplier

27.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

35.75 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

8

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4

8

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

-

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