AMD EPYC 9005 “Turin” CPUs offer up to 192 Zen 5c cores (384 threads) and support massive memory (up to 9TB DDR5-6400, 12 channels) and 160 PCIe 5.0 lanes
Intel Xeon 6 features up to 288 E-cores (Sierra Forest) or 128 P-cores (Granite Rapids), with up to 6TB DDR5-6400 memory and 136 PCIe 5.0 lanes
EPYC 9005 CPUs are built on advanced TSMC 4nm/3nm nodes, while Xeon 6 uses Intel 3 process technology
EPYC 9005 CPUs are built on advanced TSMC 4nm/3nm nodes, while Xeon 6 uses Intel 3 process technology
AMD’s SP5 socket offers backward compatibility, while Intel Xeon 6 introduces new LGA 4710/7529 sockets, requiring platform upgrades
EPYC 9005 outperforms Xeon 6 in multi-threaded workloads, memory bandwidth, and power efficiency, especially in high-core-count models
AMD CPUs provide better performance-per-dollar, with the EPYC 9965 (192-core) costing less than Intel’s flagship Xeon 6980P (128-core)
AMD CPUs provide better performance-per-dollar, with the EPYC 9965 (192-core) costing less than Intel’s flagship Xeon 6980P (128-core)
AMD Infinity Guard (SEV, SME, SNP) offers robust hardware-level security, while Intel provides SGX, TME, and MKTME for memory and enclave protection
EPYC 9005 CPUs are ideal for I/O-intensive and memory-bound applications due to more PCIe lanes and higher memory capacity
Intel Xeon 6’s E-core models are optimized for high-density, low-power web-scale deployments, while P-core models target high-performance computing
Intel Xeon 6’s E-core models are optimized for high-density, low-power web-scale deployments, while P-core models target high-performance computing
AMD’s platform may require premium motherboards and cooling for flagship CPUs, and some legacy software may still favor Intel