AMD EPYC 9124 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6258R

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 9124 and Intel Xeon Gold 6258R 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 9124

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 5 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 205 Watt
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt vs 205 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6258R

  • 12 more cores, run more applications at once: 28 vs 16
  • 24 more threads: 56 vs 32
  • Around 8% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
  • 630784x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 63984 vs 63027
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 28 vs 16
Number of threads 56 vs 32
Maximum frequency 4.00 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
L3 cache 38.5 MB vs 64MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 63984 vs 63027

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 9124
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Gold 6258R

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2346
2346
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
63027
63984
Name AMD EPYC 9124 Intel Xeon Gold 6258R
PassMark - Single thread mark 2346 2346
PassMark - CPU mark 63027 63984

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 9124 Intel Xeon Gold 6258R

Essentials

Launch date 10 Nov 2022 Q1'20
Launch price (MSRP) $1083 $4523
Place in performance rating 310 300
Architecture codename Cascade Lake
Processor Number 6258R
Series 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Vertical segment Server

Performance

Base frequency 3 GHz 2.70 GHz
Die size 4x 72 mm²
L1 cache 64K (per core)
L2 cache 1MB (per core)
L3 cache 64MB (shared) 38.5 MB
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz 4.00 GHz
Number of cores 16 28
Number of threads 32 56
Transistor count 26,280 million
Unlocked
Maximum core temperature 74°C

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5-4800 MHz, Twelve-channel DDR4-2933
Max memory channels 6
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 205 Watt
Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 5, 128 Lanes, (CPU only)
Max number of PCIe lanes 48
PCI Express revision 3.0
Scalability 2S

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

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® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 2
Speed Shift technology

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)