Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y and AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y

  • CPU is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 280 Watt
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 92983 vs 75663
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Jan 2023 vs 8 Mar 2022
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt vs 280 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 92983 vs 75663

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX

  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 24
  • 16 more threads: 64 vs 48
  • Around 13% higher clock speed: 4.5 GHz vs 4.00 GHz
  • Around 7% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 349525.3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.1x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3316 vs 3190
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 32 vs 24
Number of threads 64 vs 48
Maximum frequency 4.5 GHz vs 4.00 GHz
L1 cache 2 MB vs 80K (per core)
L2 cache 16 MB vs 2MB (per core)
L3 cache 128 MB vs 60 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3316 vs 3190

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3190
3316
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
92983
75663
Name Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX
PassMark - Single thread mark 3190 3316
PassMark - CPU mark 92983 75663
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 18893

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX

Essentials

Architecture codename Sapphire Rapids Zen 3
Launch date 10 Jan 2023 8 Mar 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $2878 $3299
Place in performance rating 47 42
Processor Number 6442Y
Series 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Vertical segment Server
OPN Tray 100-000000445

Performance

Base frequency 2.60 GHz 4.1 GHz
L1 cache 80K (per core) 2 MB
L2 cache 2MB (per core) 16 MB
L3 cache 60 MB 128 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 7 nm
Maximum core temperature 79
Maximum frequency 4.00 GHz 4.5 GHz
Number of cores 24 32
Number of threads 48 64
Die size 81 mm²
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 95 °C
Transistor count 16600 million
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 8 8
Maximum memory size 4 TB
Supported memory types Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s 1DPC, Up to DDR5 4400 MT/s 2DPC, DDR4-3200
ECC memory support

Compatibility

Package Size 77.5mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA4677 WRX8
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt 280 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 80 128
PCI Express revision 5 4.0
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
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)

Virtualization

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