Intel Xeon Platinum 8180 vs AMD EPYC 7551P

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AMD EPYC 7551P
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Intel Xeon Platinum 8180
Intel Xeon Platinum 8180
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Games supported 100%

General info

Comparing EPYC 7551P and Xeon Platinum 8180 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rating96121
Value for money23.642.53
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesAMD EPYCIntel Xeon Platinum
Architecture codenameNaples (2017−2018)Skylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date20 June 2017 (5 years old)25 April 2017 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,100$10,009
Current price$590 (0.3x MSRP)$7698 (0.8x MSRP)
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Technical specs

EPYC 7551P and Xeon Platinum 8180 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 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz3.8 GHz
L1 cache96K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache64 MB (shared)38.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size192 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data84 °C
Number of transistors4,800 million8,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 7551P and Xeon Platinum 8180 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)8 (Multiprocessor)
SocketTR4FCLGA3647
Thermal design power (TDP)180 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7551P and Xeon Platinum 8180. 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+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSXno data+
TSXno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

EPYC 7551P and Xeon Platinum 8180 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 7551P and Xeon Platinum 8180 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 Platinum 8180. Depending on the motherboards, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Eight-channelDDR4-2666
Maximum memory size2 TiB768 GB
Max memory channels86
Maximum memory bandwidth170.671 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 7551P and Xeon Platinum 8180.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes12848

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.

EPYC 7551P 31.90
+14.2%
Xeon Platinum 8180 27.93
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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 40211
+14.2%
Xeon Platinum 8180 35208

EPYC 7551P outperforms Xeon Platinum 8180 by 14% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance rating 31.90 27.93
Recency 20 June 2017 25 April 2017
Cost $2100 $10009
Boost clock speed 3000 3800
Base clock speed 0 2500
Thermal design power (TDP) 180 Watt 205 Watt

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, Technical City recommends

AMD EPYC 7551P
EPYC 7551P


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