AMD EPYC 9124 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6254

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 9124 and Intel Xeon Gold 6254 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD EPYC 9124

Intel Xeon Gold 6254

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 9124

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 5 nm vs 14 nm
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 60179 vs 53981

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Nov 2022 vs 2 Apr 2019
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	60179 vs 53981

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6254

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 16
4 more threads: 36 vs 32
Around 8% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Around 13% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
1179648x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
405504x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2338 vs 2028

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	18 vs 16
Number of threads	36 vs 32
Maximum frequency	4.00 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
L1 cache	1.125 MB vs 64K (per core)
L2 cache	18 MB vs 1MB (per core)
L3 cache	24.75 MB vs 64MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2338 vs 2028

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 9124
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Gold 6254

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2028

2338

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

60179

53981

Name	AMD EPYC 9124	Intel Xeon Gold 6254
PassMark - Single thread mark	2028	2338
PassMark - CPU mark	60179	53981

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD EPYC 9124	Intel Xeon Gold 6254
Essentials
Launch date	10 Nov 2022	2 Apr 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$1083	$3803
Place in performance rating	385	340
Architecture codename		Cascade Lake
Vertical segment		Server
Performance
Base frequency	3 GHz	3.10 GHz
Die size	4x 72 mm²
L1 cache	64K (per core)	1.125 MB
L2 cache	1MB (per core)	18 MB
L3 cache	64MB (shared)	24.75 MB
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	14 nm
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz	4.00 GHz
Number of cores	16	18
Number of threads	32	36
Transistor count	26,280 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed		4 × 8 GT/s
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		82 °C
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links		3
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5-4800 MHz, Twelve-channel	DDR4-2933
Max memory channels		6
Maximum memory bandwidth		131.13 GB/s
Maximum memory size		1 TB
Supported memory frequency		2933 MHz
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	200-240 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2
Sockets supported	SP5	FCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	200 Watt
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 5, 128 Lanes, (CPU only)
Max number of PCIe lanes		48
PCI Express revision		3.0
Scalability		4S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions		Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units		2
Speed Shift technology
Turbo Boost Max 3.0
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)