Intel Xeon Gold 6254 vs AMD EPYC 7401P

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Combined performance score

EPYC 7401P
18.42

Xeon Gold 6254 outperforms EPYC 7401P by 7% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing EPYC 7401P and Xeon Gold 6254 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking282250
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money36.525.98
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesAMD EPYCIntel Xeon Gold
Architecture codenameNaples (2017−2018)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date29 June 2017 (6 years old)2 April 2019 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,075$3,803
Current price$212 (0.2x MSRP)$3837 (1x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

EPYC 7401P has 511% better value for money than Xeon Gold 6254.

Technical specs

EPYC 7401P and Xeon Gold 6254 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 cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads4836
Base clock speed2 GHz3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz4 GHz
Bus supportno data4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache96K (per core)1.125 MB
L2 cache512K (per core)18 MB
L3 cache64 MB (shared)24.75 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size192 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data82 °C
Number of transistors4,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 7401P and Xeon Gold 6254 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)4 (Multiprocessor)
SocketTR4FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt200 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7401P and Xeon Gold 6254. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSXno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Statusno dataLaunched

Security technologies

EPYC 7401P and Xeon Gold 6254 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 7401P and Xeon Gold 6254 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 7401P and Xeon Gold 6254. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Eight-channelDDR4-2933
Maximum memory size2 TiB1 TB
Max memory channels86
Maximum memory bandwidth170.671 GB/s140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 7401P and Xeon Gold 6254.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes12848

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

EPYC 7401P 18.42
Xeon Gold 6254 19.78
+7.4%

Xeon Gold 6254 outperforms EPYC 7401P by 7% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

EPYC 7401P 28293
Xeon Gold 6254 30381
+7.4%

Xeon Gold 6254 outperforms EPYC 7401P by 7% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

EPYC 7401P 629
Xeon Gold 6254 983
+56.3%

Xeon Gold 6254 outperforms EPYC 7401P by 56% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

EPYC 7401P 5550
Xeon Gold 6254 13771
+148%

Xeon Gold 6254 outperforms EPYC 7401P by 148% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 18.42 19.78
Recency 29 June 2017 2 April 2019
Physical cores 24 18
Threads 48 36
Cost $1075 $3803
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 200 Watt

We couldn't decide between EPYC 7401P and Xeon Gold 6254. The differences in performance seem too small.


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