AMD EPYC 8124P vs Intel Xeon Max 9462
We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 8124P with 16 cores 2.45GHz and Intel Xeon Max 9462 with 32 cores 2.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD EPYC 8124P 's Advantages
Released 8 months late
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 10nm)
Lower TDP (125W vs 350W)
Intel Xeon Max 9462 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.7GHz vs 2.45GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (75MB vs 64MB)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD EPYC 8124P
+6%
1654
Intel Xeon Max 9462
1548
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD EPYC 8124P
12550
Intel Xeon Max 9462
+4%
13062
General Parameters
Sep 2023
Release Date
Jan 2023
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Server
Type
Server
Siena
Core Architecture
Sapphire Rapids HBM
AMD Socket SP6
Socket
Intel Socket 4677
N/A
Integrated Graphics
N/A
EPYC (Zen 4c (Siena))
Generation
Xeon Max (Sapphire Rapids)
Package
17.75 billions
Transistor Count
-
5 nm
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
125 W
Power Consumption
350 W
75 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
77 °C
TSMC
Foundry
Intel
2x73 mm²
Die Size
4x477 mm²
6 nm
I/O Process Size
-
397 mm²
I/O Die Size
-
CPU Performance
2.45 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.7 GHz
3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.5 GHz
16
Total Core Count
32
32
Total Thread Count
64
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
24.5
Multiplier
27.0
64 K per core
L1 Cache
80 K per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
2 MB per core
64 MB shared
L3 Cache
75 MB
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
SMP
2
-
AVX-512 FMA Ports
2
-
HBM
up to 64GB
Memory Parameters
DDR5-4800
Memory Types
DDR5-4800
6
Max Memory Channels
8
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Miscellaneous
5
PCIe Version
5
96
PCIe Lanes
80
