Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y vs AMD EPYC 9654P

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y and AMD EPYC 9654P 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 Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • Around 2035% higher maximum core temperature: 79 vs 3.7 GHz
  • Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 360 Watt
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3190 vs 2616
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Jan 2023 vs 10 Nov 2022
Maximum core temperature 79 vs 3.7 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt vs 360 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3190 vs 2616

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 9654P

  • 72 more cores, run more applications at once: 96 vs 24
  • 144 more threads: 192 vs 48
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 5 nm vs 7 nm
  • 3.2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2097152x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 6.4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 113949 vs 92983
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 96 vs 24
Number of threads 192 vs 48
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 7 nm
L1 cache 6 MB vs 80K (per core)
L2 cache 96 MB vs 2MB (per core)
L3 cache 384 MB vs 60 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 113949 vs 92983

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 9654P

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3190
2616
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
92983
113949
Name Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y AMD EPYC 9654P
PassMark - Single thread mark 3190 2616
PassMark - CPU mark 92983 113949

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y AMD EPYC 9654P

Essentials

Architecture codename Sapphire Rapids Zen 4
Launch date 10 Jan 2023 10 Nov 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $2878 $10625
Place in performance rating 47 43
Processor Number 6442Y
Series 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Vertical segment Server
OPN Tray 100-100000803

Performance

Base frequency 2.60 GHz 2.4 GHz
L1 cache 80K (per core) 6 MB
L2 cache 2MB (per core) 96 MB
L3 cache 60 MB 384 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 5 nm
Maximum core temperature 79 3.7 GHz
Maximum frequency 4.00 GHz
Number of cores 24 96
Number of threads 48 192
Die size 72 mm²
Transistor count 78840 million
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 8 12
Maximum memory size 4 TB
Supported memory types Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s 1DPC, Up to DDR5 4400 MT/s 2DPC, DDR5-4800
ECC memory support

Compatibility

Package Size 77.5mm x 56.5mm FC-LGA6096
Sockets supported FCLGA4677 SP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt 360 Watt
Configurable TDP 320-400 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 80 128
PCI Express revision 5 5.0
Scalability 2S

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Instruction set extensions Intel AMX, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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)