Intel Xeon Gold 6438N vs AMD EPYC 7F32

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6438N and AMD EPYC 7F32 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6438N

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 24 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 8
  • 48 more threads: 64 vs 16
  • 5x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 32% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 52789 vs 40000
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Jan 2023 vs 14 Apr 2020
Number of cores 32 vs 8
Number of threads 64 vs 16
L1 cache 80K (per core) vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 52789 vs 40000

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7F32

  • Around 8% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
  • 65536x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2236962.1x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 180 Watt vs 205 Watt
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2426 vs 2315
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
L2 cache 4 MB vs 2MB (per core)
L3 cache 128 MB vs 60MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt vs 205 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2426 vs 2315

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6438N
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7F32

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2315
2426
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
52789
40000
Name Intel Xeon Gold 6438N AMD EPYC 7F32
PassMark - Single thread mark 2315 2426
PassMark - CPU mark 52789 40000

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 6438N AMD EPYC 7F32

Essentials

Launch date 10 Jan 2023 14 Apr 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $3351 $2100
Place in performance rating 436 553
Architecture codename Zen 2
OPN PIB 100-000000139WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000139
Vertical segment Server

Performance

Base frequency 2000 MHz 3.7 GHz
L1 cache 80K (per core) 512 KB
L2 cache 2MB (per core) 4 MB
L3 cache 60MB 128 MB
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 85°C
Maximum frequency 3.6 GHz 3.9 GHz
Number of cores 32 8
Number of threads 64 16
Unlocked

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5-4800 MHz, Eight-channel DDR4-3200
Max memory channels 8
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 2
Sockets supported 4677 SP3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 205 Watt 180 Watt
Socket Count 1P/2P

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 5, 80 Lanes, (CPU only) x16, x8
Max number of PCIe lanes 128
PCI Express revision 4.0