Intel Xeon Gold 6330 vs AMD EPYC 7551P

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Combined performance score

EPYC 7551P
24.98

Xeon Gold 6330 outperforms EPYC 7551P by 12% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing EPYC 7551P and Xeon Gold 6330 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking166142
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money43.1120.05
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesAMD EPYCno data
Architecture codenameNaples (2017−2018)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date29 June 2017 (6 years old)6 April 2021 (2 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,100no data
Current price$301 (0.1x MSRP)$2514
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

EPYC 7551P has 115% better value for money than Xeon Gold 6330.

Technical specs

EPYC 7551P and Xeon Gold 6330 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 cores32 (Dotriaconta-Core)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads6456
Base clock speed2 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz3.1 GHz
L1 cache96K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache64 MB (shared)42 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Die size192 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data86 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data86 °C
Number of transistors4,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 7551P and Xeon Gold 6330 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)2
SocketTR4FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)180 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7551P and Xeon Gold 6330. 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+
Statusno dataLaunched

Security technologies

EPYC 7551P and Xeon Gold 6330 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 7551P and Xeon Gold 6330 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 7551P and Xeon Gold 6330. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Eight-channelDDR4-2933
Maximum memory size2 TiB6 TB
Max memory channels88
Maximum memory bandwidth170.671 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 7551P and Xeon Gold 6330.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes12864

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 7551P 24.98
Xeon Gold 6330 28.03
+12.2%

Xeon Gold 6330 outperforms EPYC 7551P by 12% 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 7551P 38366
Xeon Gold 6330 43056
+12.2%

Xeon Gold 6330 outperforms EPYC 7551P by 12% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 24.98 28.03
Recency 29 June 2017 6 April 2021
Physical cores 32 28
Threads 64 56
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 180 Watt 205 Watt

The Xeon Gold 6330 is our recommended choice as it beats the EPYC 7551P in performance tests.


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