EPYC 75F3 vs Xeon Gold 6258R

General info

Comparing Xeon Gold 6258R and EPYC 75F3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	52	42
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	26.17	2.41
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	AMD EPYC
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Milan (2021)
Release date	24 February 2020 (4 years ago)	15 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,950	$4,860
Current price	$2842 (0.7x MSRP)	$8906 (1.8x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 6258R has 986% better value for money than EPYC 75F3.

Technical specs

Xeon Gold 6258R and EPYC 75F3 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	28 (Octacosa-Core)	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads	56	64
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	2.95 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	4 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	1.75 MB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	28 MB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	38.5 MB	256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm+
Die size	no data	8x 81 mm2
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	33,200 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6258R and EPYC 75F3 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	2
Socket	FCLGA3647	SP3
Power consumption (TDP)	205 Watt	280 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6258R and EPYC 75F3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Launched	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6258R and EPYC 75F3 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 Xeon Gold 6258R and EPYC 75F3 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 Xeon Gold 6258R and EPYC 75F3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	1 TB	4 TiB
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	140.8 GB/s	204.795 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	no data

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 Gold 6258R and EPYC 75F3.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	48	128

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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 75F3 outperforms Xeon Gold 6258R by 7% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	41.38	44.30
Recency	24 February 2020	15 March 2021
Physical cores	28	32
Threads	56	64
Cost	$3950	$4860
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	205 Watt	280 Watt

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