Intel Xeon Platinum 8360Y vs AMD EPYC 7261

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We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Platinum 8360Y with 36 cores 2.4GHz and AMD EPYC 7261 with 8 cores 2.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon Platinum 8360Y 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2666)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (54MB vs 32MB)

AMD EPYC 7261 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Lower TDP (170W vs 250W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Xeon Platinum 8360Y +81%

1308

AMD EPYC 7261

722

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Platinum 8360Y +690%

30021

AMD EPYC 7261

3798

Intel Xeon Platinum 8360Y

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AMD EPYC 7261

General Parameters

Apr 2021

Release Date

Jun 2018

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Ice Lake-SP

Core Architecture

Naples

Intel Socket 4189

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum (Ice Lake-SP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Package

-

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

Intel Socket 4189

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

250 W

Power Consumption

170 W

80 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

81 °C

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

-

Die Size

213 mm²

FC-LGA4189

Package

FCLGA-4094

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.9 GHz

36

Total Core Count

8

72

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

24.0

Multiplier

25.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

54 MB shared

L3 Cache

32 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

3

64

PCIe Lanes

-

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