EPYC 75F3 vs Xeon Gold 6154
Aggregate performance score
EPYC 75F3 outperforms Xeon Gold 6154 by a whopping 139% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Xeon Gold 6154 and EPYC 75F3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 337 | 51 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 4.68 | 5.93 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon Gold | AMD EPYC |
| Power efficiency | 8.53 | 14.57 |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (server) (2017−2019) | Milan (2021−2023) |
| Release date | 25 April 2017 (7 years ago) | 12 January 2021 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $3,543 | $4,860 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
EPYC 75F3 has 27% better value for money than Xeon Gold 6154.
Detailed specifications
Xeon Gold 6154 and EPYC 75F3 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 cores | 18 (Octadeca-Core) | 32 (Dotriaconta-Core) |
| Threads | 36 | 64 |
| Base clock speed | 3 GHz | 2.95 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | no data |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 30 | 29.5 |
| L1 cache | 1.125 MB | 2 MB |
| L2 cache | 18 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 24.75 MB (shared) | 256 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm+ |
| Die size | no data | 8x 81 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 82 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 8,000 million | 33,200 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 6154 and EPYC 75F3 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 configuration | 4 (Multiprocessor) | 2 |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | SP3 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 280 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6154 and EPYC 75F3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
Security technologies
Xeon Gold 6154 and EPYC 75F3 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 6154 and EPYC 75F3 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 6154 and EPYC 75F3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2666 | DDR4-3200 |
| Maximum memory size | 768 GB | 4 TiB |
| Max memory channels | 6 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 128.001 GB/s | 204.795 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6154 and EPYC 75F3.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | 128 |
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 18.37 | 43.95 |
| Recency | 25 April 2017 | 12 January 2021 |
| Physical cores | 18 | 32 |
| Threads | 36 | 64 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 280 Watt |
Xeon Gold 6154 has 40% lower power consumption.
EPYC 75F3, on the other hand, has a 139.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 77.8% more physical cores and 77.8% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
The EPYC 75F3 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Gold 6154 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Gold 6154 and EPYC 75F3, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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