AMD EPYC 9274F vs Intel Xeon Gold 6154

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 9274F and Intel Xeon Gold 6154 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 9274F

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 24 vs 18
  • 12 more threads: 48 vs 36
  • Around 16% higher clock speed: 4.3 GHz vs 3.70 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 5 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 55% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3371 vs 2175
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 112943 vs 49016
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Nov 2022 vs July 2017
Number of cores 24 vs 18
Number of threads 48 vs 36
Maximum frequency 4.3 GHz vs 3.70 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache 64K (per core) vs 64 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3371 vs 2175
PassMark - CPU mark 112943 vs 49016

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6154

  • 786432x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 101376x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 320 Watt
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) vs 1MB (per core)
L3 cache 25344 KB (shared) vs 256MB (shared)
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt vs 320 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 9274F
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Gold 6154

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3371
2175
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
112943
49016
Name AMD EPYC 9274F Intel Xeon Gold 6154
PassMark - Single thread mark 3371 2175
PassMark - CPU mark 112943 49016
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 4419
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 36691

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 9274F Intel Xeon Gold 6154

Essentials

Launch date 10 Nov 2022 July 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $3060
Place in performance rating 24 31
Architecture codename Skylake
Price now $3,809
Processor Number 6154
Series Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 2.14
Vertical segment Server

Performance

Base frequency 4.05 GHz 3.00 GHz
Die size 8x 72 mm²
L1 cache 64K (per core) 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1MB (per core) 1024 KB (per core)
L3 cache 256MB (shared) 25344 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 4.3 GHz 3.70 GHz
Number of cores 24 18
Number of threads 48 36
Transistor count 52,560 million 8000 million
Unlocked
64 bit support
Maximum core temperature 82°C
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 3

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5-4800 MHz, Twelve-channel DDR4-2666
Max memory channels 6
Maximum memory size 768 GB
Supported memory frequency 2666 MHz

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 320-400 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 4
Sockets supported SP5 FCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 320 Watt 200 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
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 S4S

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® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
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

Virtualization

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