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Intel Xeon Platinum 8368 vs AMD Epyc 7272. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q2/2021
Intel Xeon Platinum 8368
Intel Xeon Platinum 8368
Released
Q3/2019
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AMD Epyc 7272
AMD Epyc 7272

What's the best choice Intel Xeon Platinum 8368 or AMD Epyc 7272? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8368 has a maximum frequency of 2.40 GHz. 38 Cores. Power consumption of 270 W. Released in Q2/2021.

AMD Epyc 7272 has a maximum frequency of 2.90 GHz. 12 Cores. Power consumption of 120 W. Released in Q3/2019.

Differences

  • More number of cores

    26 times more cores

    38 left arrow 12
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 6% better overclocked clock speed

    3.40 GHz left arrow 3.20 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon Platinum 8368 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    629 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 17% better clock speed

    2.90 GHz left arrow 2.40 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.44 times less performance per watt

    120 W left arrow 270 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Epyc 7272 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    366 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    173 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    492 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon Platinum 8368 Intel Xeon Platinum 8368
AMD Epyc 7272 AMD Epyc 7272
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    Intel Xeon Platinum left arrow AMD Epyc
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 2
  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon Platinum 8300 left arrow AMD Epyc 7002
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    2.40 GHz left arrow 2.90 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    38 left arrow 12
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    3.40 GHz left arrow 3.20 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    76 left arrow 24
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Epyc 7272 and Intel Xeon Platinum 8368. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200 left arrow DDR4-3200
  • Max. Memory
    6144 GB left arrow
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    8 left arrow 8
  • PCIe version
    4.0 left arrow 4.0
  • PCIe lanes
    64 left arrow 128
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon Platinum 8368 and AMD Epyc 7272 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    270 W left arrow 120 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon Platinum 8368 and Intel Xeon Platinum 8368, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L3-Cache
    57.00 MB left arrow 64.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Ice Lake left arrow Rome (Zen 2)
  • Technology
    10 nm left arrow 7 nm
  • Socket
    LGA 4189 left arrow SP3
  • Release date
    Q2/2021 left arrow Q3/2019

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Xeon Platinum 8368 and AMD Epyc 7272.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

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