EPYC 9355P vs Xeon 6741P
Aggregate performance score
Xeon 6741P outperforms EPYC 9355P by a minimal 3% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 29 | 32 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 18.47 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Power efficiency | 8.07 | 8.35 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | no data | Turin (2024) |
| Release date | 1 January 2025 (less than a year ago) | 10 October 2024 (less than a year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $2,998 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon 6741P and EPYC 9355P 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 | 48 (Octatetraconta-Core) | 32 (Dotriaconta-Core) |
| Threads | 96 | 64 |
| Base clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 3.55 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.8 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 80 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | no data | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 288 MB | 256 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | Intel 3 nm | 4 nm |
| Die size | no data | 8x 70.6 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 79 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 66,520 million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon 6741P and EPYC 9355P 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA4710 | SP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 280 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon 6741P and EPYC 9355P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon 6741P and EPYC 9355P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| SGX | + | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon 6741P and EPYC 9355P are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon 6741P and EPYC 9355P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5(6400MT/s) | DDR5 |
| Maximum memory size | 4 TB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 8 | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon 6741P and EPYC 9355P.
| PCIe version | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 136 | 128 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 57.27 | 55.34 |
| Recency | 1 January 2025 | 10 October 2024 |
| Physical cores | 48 | 32 |
| Threads | 96 | 64 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 280 Watt |
Xeon 6741P has a 3.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 months, and 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.
EPYC 9355P, on the other hand, has 7.1% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Intel Xeon 6741P and AMD EPYC 9355P.
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