Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y vs AMD EPYC 9534

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y and AMD EPYC 9534 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 6444Y

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • Around 8% higher clock speed: 4 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
  • Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 270 Watt vs 280 Watt
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3267 vs 2579
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Jan 2023 vs 10 Nov 2022
Maximum frequency 4 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 270 Watt vs 280 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3267 vs 2579

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 9534

  • 48 more cores, run more applications at once: 64 vs 16
  • 96 more threads: 128 vs 32
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 5 nm vs 10 nm
  • 3.2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 5.7x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 31% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 93884 vs 71870
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 64 vs 16
Number of threads 128 vs 32
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 10 nm
L1 cache 64K (per core) vs 80K (per core)
L2 cache 1MB (per core) vs 2MB (per core)
L3 cache 256MB (shared) vs 45MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 93884 vs 71870

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 9534

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3267
2579
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
71870
93884
Name Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y AMD EPYC 9534
PassMark - Single thread mark 3267 2579
PassMark - CPU mark 71870 93884

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y AMD EPYC 9534

Essentials

Launch date 10 Jan 2023 10 Nov 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $1517 $8803
Place in performance rating 89 90

Performance

Base frequency 3.6 GHz 2.45 GHz
L1 cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 cache 45MB 256MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 5 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 75°C
Maximum frequency 4 GHz 3.7 GHz
Number of cores 16 64
Number of threads 32 128
Unlocked
Die size 8x 72 mm²
Transistor count 52,560 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5-4800 MHz, Eight-channel DDR5-4800 MHz, Twelve-channel

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 2
Sockets supported 4677 SP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 270 Watt 280 Watt
Configurable TDP 240-300 Watt

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 5, 80 Lanes, (CPU only) Gen 5, 128 Lanes, (CPU only)