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Intel Xeon Gold 6248R vs AMD EPYC 7551P
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General info
Comparing EPYC 7551P and Xeon Gold 6248R processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in performance rating | 96 | 103 |
Value for money | 30.78 | 8.65 |
Market segment | Server | Server |
Series | AMD EPYC | Intel Xeon Gold |
Architecture codename | Naples (2017−2018) | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
Release date | 20 June 2017 (5 years old) | 24 February 2020 (3 years old) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $2,100 | $2,700 |
Current price | $453 (0.2x MSRP) | $3683 (1.4x MSRP) |
Technical specs
EPYC 7551P and Xeon Gold 6248R 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 cores | 32 (Dotriaconta-Core) | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) |
Threads | 64 | 48 |
Base clock speed | 2 GHz | 3 GHz |
Boost clock speed | 3 GHz | 4 GHz |
Bus support | no data | 4 × 8 GT/s |
L1 cache | 96K (per core) | 1.5 MB |
L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 24 MB |
L3 cache | 64 MB (shared) | 35.75 MB |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
Die size | 192 mm2 | no data |
Maximum core temperature | no data | 75 °C |
Number of transistors | 4,800 million | no data |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Unlocked multiplier | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on EPYC 7551P and Xeon Gold 6248R 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 configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | no data |
Socket | TR4 | FCLGA3647 |
Thermal design power (TDP) | 180 Watt | 205 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7551P and Xeon Gold 6248R. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
AES-NI | + | + |
AVX | + | + |
vPro | no data | + |
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
Speed Shift | no data | + |
Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
TSX | no data | + |
TSX | no data | + |
Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
Security technologies
EPYC 7551P and Xeon Gold 6248R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
TXT | no data | + |
EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 7551P and Xeon Gold 6248R are enumerated here.
AMD-V | + | no data |
VT-d | no data | + |
VT-x | no data | + |
EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 7551P and Xeon Gold 6248R. Depending on the motherboards, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR4 Eight-channel | DDR4-2933 |
Maximum memory size | 2 TiB | 1 TB |
Max memory channels | 8 | 6 |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 170.671 GB/s | 140.8 GB/s |
ECC memory support | + | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 7551P and Xeon Gold 6248R.
PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
PCI Express lanes | 128 | 48 |
Benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Overall 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.
- Passmark
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: 67%
EPYC 7551P outperforms Xeon Gold 6248R by 4% in Passmark.
Advantages and disadvantages
Performance rating | 31.90 | 30.63 |
Recency | 20 June 2017 | 24 February 2020 |
Cost | $2100 | $2700 |
Thermal design power (TDP) | 180 Watt | 205 Watt |
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