Intel Xeon Gold 6438N vs AMD EPYC 7702

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We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Gold 6438N with 32 cores 2GHz and AMD EPYC 7702 with 64 cores 2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon Gold 6438N 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 5 months late

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

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)

AMD EPYC 7702 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 60MB)

Lower TDP (200W vs 205W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6438N +85%

1986

AMD EPYC 7702

1069

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6438N

5800

AMD EPYC 7702 +48%

8594

Intel Xeon Gold 6438N

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AMD EPYC 7702

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Aug 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sapphire Rapids

Core Architecture

Rome

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Package

-

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

205 W

Power Consumption

200 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

74 mm²

FC-LGA16A

Package

FCLGA-4094

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.35 GHz

32

Total Core Count

64

Total Thread Count

128

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

20.0

80 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

60 MB

L3 Cache

256 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

4

80

PCIe Lanes

-

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