CPU Comparison

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AMD

AMD

AMD EPYC 9255

CORE STATE Turin

CORE SPECS 24 Cores / 48 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.25 Base / 4.8 GHz Turbo

CACHE 128 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 200W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 5

nm

PROCESS 4 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2024

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Intel

INTEL

Xeon 636

CORE STATE Granite Rapids

CORE SPECS 12 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.5 Base / 4.7 GHz Turbo

CACHE 48 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 170W

ARCHITECTURE Granite Rapids

nm

PROCESS 5 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2026

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

6,483

3,805

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

915

537

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

27,013

15,857

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

3,813

2,238

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

64,318

37,757

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

9,080

5,330

passmark_data_compression

1,018,904

550,395

passmark_data_encryption

59,668

27,193

passmark_extended_instructions

75,185

43,282

passmark_find_prime_numbers

580

255

passmark_floating_point_math

183,367

107,826

passmark_integer_math

306,442

138,281

passmark_multithread

76,580

44,421

passmark_physics

9,740

3,645

passmark_random_string_sorting

129,202

54,420

passmark_single_thread

3,655

3,937

passmark_singlethread

3,655

3,937

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

EPYC 9255

636

Core Specs

Cores

24

12 -50.0%

Threads

48

24 -50.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.25

3.5 +7.7%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.8

4.7 -2.1%

Frequency (GHz)

3.25

3.5 +7.7%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.8

4.7 -2.1%

Multiplier

32.5

35 +7.7%

SMP CPUs

2

1 -50.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

80 KB (per core)

112 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1 MB (per core)

2 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

128 MB (shared)

48 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

200

170 -15.0%

Configurable TDP

200-240 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Zen 5

Granite Rapids

Codename

Turin

Granite Rapids

Generation

EPYC (Zen 5 (Turin))

Xeon 600 (Granite Rapids-WS)

Process Size

4 nm

5 nm

Transistors

33,260 million

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Die Size

4x 70.6 mm²

598 mm²

Foundry

TSMC

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR5

DDR5

Memory Bus

Twelve-channel

Quad-channel

Memory Bandwidth

576.0 GB/s

204.8 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

Yes

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

Intel Socket 4710

Chipsets

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W890

PCIe

Gen 5, 128 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 80 Lanes(CPU only)

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

6 nm

10 nm

Interconnect

CXL

Gen 2.0

Gen 2.0 (Shared with PCI-E)

Other

Market

Server/Workstation

Server/Workstation

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$2495

$639

Part Number

100-000000694

SA2DM

Package

FC-LGA6096

FC-LGA18N

Tj Max

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101°C

Bundled Cooler

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None

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