AMD EPYC 9124 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6338

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 9124 and Intel Xeon Gold 6338 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 6338

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 9124

Around 16% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 5 nm vs 10 nm
Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 205 Watt
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2346 vs 2185

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 10 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt vs 205 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2346 vs 2185

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6338

16 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 16
32 more threads: 64 vs 32
786432x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 68563 vs 63027

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	32 vs 16
Number of threads	64 vs 32
L3 cache	48 MB vs 64MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	68563 vs 63027

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 9124
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Gold 6338

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2346

2185

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

63027

68563

Name	AMD EPYC 9124	Intel Xeon Gold 6338
PassMark - Single thread mark	2346	2185
PassMark - CPU mark	63027	68563

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD EPYC 9124	Intel Xeon Gold 6338
Essentials
Launch date	10 Nov 2022	Q2'21
Launch price (MSRP)	$1083	$2990
Place in performance rating	311	310
Architecture codename		Ice Lake
Processor Number		6338
Series		3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Vertical segment		Server
Performance
Base frequency	3 GHz	2.00 GHz
Die size	4x 72 mm²
L1 cache	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1MB (per core)
L3 cache	64MB (shared)	48 MB
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	10 nm
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz	3.20 GHz
Number of cores	16	32
Number of threads	32	64
Transistor count	26,280 million
Unlocked
Maximum core temperature		81°C
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5-4800 MHz, Twelve-channel	DDR4-3200
Max memory channels		8
Maximum memory size		6 TB
Supported memory frequency		3200 MHz
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	200-240 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2
Sockets supported	SP5	FCLGA4189
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	205 Watt
Package Size		77.5mm x 56.5mm
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 5, 128 Lanes, (CPU only)
Max number of PCIe lanes		64
PCI Express revision		4.0
Scalability		2S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
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)