Intel Xeon Gold 6448Y vs AMD EPYC 9554

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6448Y and AMD EPYC 9554 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.

Intel Xeon Gold 6448Y

AMD EPYC 9554

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6448Y

CPU is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 9% higher clock speed: 4.10 GHz vs 3.75 GHz
245760x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 360 Watt
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3277 vs 2950

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Jan 2023 vs 10 Nov 2022
Maximum frequency	4.10 GHz vs 3.75 GHz
L3 cache	60 MB (shared) vs 256MB (shared)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt vs 360 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3277 vs 2950

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 9554

32 more cores, run more applications at once: 64 vs 32
64 more threads: 128 vs 64
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 5 nm vs 7 nm
Around 60% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 146171 vs 104805

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	64 vs 32
Number of threads	128 vs 64
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 7 nm
L1 cache	64K (per core) vs 80K (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	146171 vs 104805

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6448Y
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 9554

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3277

2950

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

104805

146171

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 6448Y	AMD EPYC 9554
PassMark - Single thread mark	3277	2950
PassMark - CPU mark	104805	146171

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 6448Y	AMD EPYC 9554
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sapphire Rapids	Zen 4 (Genoa)
Launch date	10 Jan 2023	10 Nov 2022
Launch price (MSRP)	$3583	$9087
Place in performance rating	23	7
Processor Number	6448Y
Series	4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Vertical segment	Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.10 GHz	3.1 GHz
L1 cache	80K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2MB (per core)	1MB (per core)
L3 cache	60 MB (shared)	256MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	5 nm
Maximum core temperature	79
Maximum frequency	4.10 GHz	3.75 GHz
Number of cores	32	64
Number of threads	64	128
Die size		8x 72 mm²
Transistor count		52,560 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	8
Maximum memory size	4 TB
Supported memory types	Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s 1DPC, Up to DDR5 4400 MT/s 2DPC,	DDR5-4800 MHz, Twelve-channel
ECC memory support
Compatibility
Package Size	77.5mm x 56.5mm
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
PCI Express revision	5
Scalability	2S
PCIe configurations		Gen 5, 128 Lanes, (CPU only)
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)