Intel Xeon Gold 6434 vs AMD EPYC 7473X

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We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Gold 6434 with 8 cores 3.7GHz and AMD EPYC 7473X with 24 cores 2.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon Gold 6434 's Advantages

Released 10 months late

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

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 2.8GHz)

Lower TDP (195W vs 240W)

AMD EPYC 7473X 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (768MB vs 22.5MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6434 +19%

2135

AMD EPYC 7473X

1786

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6434

12948

AMD EPYC 7473X +22%

15829

Intel Xeon Gold 6434

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AMD EPYC 7473X

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Mar 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sapphire Rapids

Core Architecture

Milan-X

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 3 (Milan))

Package

-

Transistor Count

33.2 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

195 W

Power Consumption

240 W

64 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

8x81 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

12 nm

-

I/O Die Size

416 mm²

FC-LGA16A

Package

FCLGA-4094

CPU Performance

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

8

Total Core Count

24

16

Total Thread Count

48

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

37.0

Multiplier

28.0

80 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

22.5 MB

L3 Cache

768 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

Cores per CCD

3

2

SMP

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

4 TB

Max Memory Size

-

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

4

80

PCIe Lanes

128

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