Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 vs AMD EPYC 7252

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We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 with 28 cores 2.7GHz and AMD EPYC 7252 with 8 cores 2.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7252 's Advantages

Released 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4)

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.7GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 38.5MB)

Lower TDP (120W vs 205W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 +5%

1286

AMD EPYC 7252

1219

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Platinum 8280

1535

AMD EPYC 7252 +286%

5929

Intel Xeon Platinum 8280

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AMD EPYC 7252

General Parameters

Dec 2018

Release Date

Aug 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Cascade Lake-SP

Core Architecture

Rome

Intel Socket 3647

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum (Cascade Lake-SP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

Intel Socket 3647

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

205 W

Power Consumption

120 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

74 mm²

FC-LGA3647

Package

FCLGA-4094

CPU Performance

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

28

Total Core Count

8

56

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

27.0

Multiplier

28.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

38.5 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

8

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

4

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