Intel Xeon Gold 6538N vs AMD EPYC 73F3

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We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Gold 6538N with 32 cores 2.1GHz and AMD EPYC 73F3 with 16 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR4-3200)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)

AMD EPYC 73F3 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 60MB)

Lower TDP (240W vs 270W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N +170%

1353

AMD EPYC 73F3

501

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N +531%

14831

AMD EPYC 73F3

2348

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

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AMD EPYC 73F3

General Parameters

Dec 2023

Release Date

Mar 2021

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Emerald Rapids

Core Architecture

Milan

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Emerald 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

270 W

Power Consumption

240 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

2x763 mm²

Die Size

8x81 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

12 nm

-

I/O Die Size

416 mm²

FC-LGA16A

Package

FCLGA-4094

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

32

Total Core Count

16

64

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

35.0

80 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 KB per core

60 MB shared

L3 Cache

256 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

Cores per CCD

2

SMP

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

4

80

PCIe Lanes

128

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