Xeon Gold 5420+ vs EPYC 4565P

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Aggregate performance score

EPYC 4565P
2025
16 cores / 32 threads, 170 Watt
39.73
+9.8%
Xeon Gold 5420+
2023
28 cores / 56 threads, 205 Watt
36.20

EPYC 4565P outperforms Xeon Gold 5420+ by a moderate 10% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking80116
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation70.8959.67
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency22.5417.03
DesignerAMDIntel
ManufacturerTSMCIntel
Architecture codenameGrado (2025)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date13 May 2025 (recently)10 January 2023 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$589$1,848

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

EPYC 4565P has 19% better value for money than Xeon Gold 5420+.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

EPYC 4565P and Xeon Gold 5420+ basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads3256
Base clock speed4.3 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed5.7 GHz4.1 GHz
L1 cache80 KB (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache64 MB (shared)52.5 MB
Chip lithography4 nm10 nm
Die size2x 70.6 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data84 °C
Number of transistors16,630 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 4565P and Xeon Gold 5420+ compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration12
SocketAM54677
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 4565P and Xeon Gold 5420+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

EPYC 4565P and Xeon Gold 5420+ technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 4565P and Xeon Gold 5420+ are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 4565P and Xeon Gold 5420+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR5-4400

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon Graphicsno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 4565P and Xeon Gold 5420+.

PCIe version5.05.0
PCI Express lanes2480

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

EPYC 4565P 39.73
+9.8%
Xeon Gold 5420+ 36.20

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

EPYC 4565P 63879
+9.7%
Xeon Gold 5420+ 58209

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 39.73 36.20
Recency 13 May 2025 10 January 2023
Physical cores 16 28
Threads 32 56
Chip lithography 4 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 205 Watt

EPYC 4565P has a 9.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 150% more advanced lithography process, and 20.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5420+, on the other hand, has 75% more physical cores and 75% more threads.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between AMD EPYC 4565P and Intel Xeon Gold 5420+.

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