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 678X

CORE STATE Granite Rapids

CORE SPECS 48 Cores / 96 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.4 Base / 4.9 GHz Turbo

CACHE 192 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 300W

ARCHITECTURE Granite Rapids

nm

PROCESS 5 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2026

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

6,483

8,444

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

915

1,192

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

27,013

35,185

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

3,813

4,967

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

64,318

83,775

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

9,080

N/A

passmark_data_compression

1,018,904

1,690,896

passmark_data_encryption

59,668

83,598

passmark_extended_instructions

75,185

141,431

passmark_find_prime_numbers

580

1,010

passmark_floating_point_math

183,367

362,070

passmark_integer_math

306,442

405,075

passmark_multithread

76,580

98,559

passmark_physics

9,740

7,809

passmark_random_string_sorting

129,202

164,102

passmark_single_thread

3,655

3,758

passmark_singlethread

3,655

3,758

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

EPYC 9255

678X

Core Specs

Cores

24

48 +100.0%

Threads

48

96 +100.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.25

2.4 -26.2%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.8

4.9 +2.1%

Frequency (GHz)

3.25

2.4 -26.2%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.8

4.9 +2.1%

Multiplier

32.5

24 -26.2%

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)

192 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

200

300 +50.0%

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

2x 598 mm²

Foundry

TSMC

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR5

DDR5

Memory Bus

Twelve-channel

Eight-channel

Memory Bandwidth

576.0 GB/s

409.6 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, 128 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

$3749

Part Number

100-000000694

SA2CX

Package

FC-LGA6096

FC-LGA18N

Tj Max

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98°C

Bundled Cooler

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None

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