AMD EPYC 9255 vs Intel Xeon E 2124
We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9255 with 24 cores 3.25GHz and Intel Xeon E 2124 with 4 cores 3.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD EPYC 9255 's Advantages
Released 6 years and 5 months late
Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 4)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Intel Xeon E 2124 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 3.25GHz)
Lower TDP (72W vs 200W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD EPYC 9255
+77%
2535
Intel Xeon E 2124
1426
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD EPYC 9255
+434%
22355
Intel Xeon E 2124
4184
General Parameters
Oct 2024
Release Date
May 2018
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Server
Type
Server
Turin
Core Architecture
Coffee Lake-S
AMD Socket SP5
Socket
Intel Socket 1151
N/A
Integrated Graphics
N/A
EPYC(Zen 5 (Turin))
Generation
Xeon E (Coffee Lake)
Package
33.26 billions
Transistor Count
1.4 billions
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
200 W
Power Consumption
72 W
TSMC
Foundry
Intel
4x70.6 mm²
Die Size
126 mm²
6 nm
I/O Process Size
-
mm²
I/O Die Size
-
CPU Performance
24
Performance Cores
-
48
Performance Core Threads
-
3.25 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.4 GHz
4.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.5 GHz
24
Total Core Count
4
48
Total Thread Count
4
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
32.5
Multiplier
34.0
80 KB per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
128 MB shared
L3 Cache
8 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
2
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
DDR5-6000
Memory Types
DDR4
6 TB
Max Memory Size
-
12
Max Memory Channels
2
576 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
