AMD EPYC 7402 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6438M

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We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7402 with 24 cores 2.8GHz and Intel Xeon Gold 6438M with 32 cores 2.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7402 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 60MB)

Lower TDP (180W vs 205W)

Intel Xeon Gold 6438M 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 5 months late

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

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7402

1292

Intel Xeon Gold 6438M +37%

1776

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7402 +38%

10637

Intel Xeon Gold 6438M

7706

AMD EPYC 7402

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Intel Xeon Gold 6438M

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 Gold (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

180 W

Power Consumption

205 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

-

FCLGA-4094

Package

FC-LGA16A

CPU Performance

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

3.35 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

24

Total Core Count

32

48

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

28.0

Multiplier

22.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

60 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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