EPYC 9354P vs Xeon Gold 5215

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon Gold 5215
2019
10 cores / 20 threads, 85 Watt
9.90
EPYC 9354P
2022
32 cores / 64 threads, 280 Watt
47.77
+383%

EPYC 9354P outperforms Xeon Gold 5215 by a whopping 383% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5215 and EPYC 9354P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking78439
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation9.6515.10
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldAMD EPYC
Power efficiency11.0216.15
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Genoa (2022−2023)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)10 November 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,221$2,730

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

EPYC 9354P has 56% better value for money than Xeon Gold 5215.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5215 and EPYC 9354P basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores10 (Deca-Core)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads2064
Base clock speed2.5 GHz3.25 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier2532.5
L1 cache640 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache10 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache13.75 MB256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm5 nm, 6 nm
Die sizeno data8x 72 mm2
Maximum core temperature77 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data52,560 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5215 and EPYC 9354P compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration4 (Multiprocessor)1
SocketFCLGA3647SP5
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt280 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5215 and EPYC 9354P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5215 and EPYC 9354P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5215 and EPYC 9354P are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5215 and EPYC 9354P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2667DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size1 TB6 TiB
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/s460.8 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5215 and EPYC 9354P.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes48128

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon Gold 5215 9.90
EPYC 9354P 47.77
+383%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon Gold 5215 15719
EPYC 9354P 75878
+383%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon Gold 5215 1155
EPYC 9354P 1502
+30%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon Gold 5215 6849
EPYC 9354P 12741
+86%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.90 47.77
Recency 2 April 2019 10 November 2022
Physical cores 10 32
Threads 20 64
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 280 Watt

Xeon Gold 5215 has 229.4% lower power consumption.

EPYC 9354P, on the other hand, has a 382.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 220% more physical cores and 220% more threads, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

The EPYC 9354P is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Gold 5215 in performance tests.


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