EPYC 7532 vs Xeon Gold 6252N

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6252N and EPYC 7532 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	119
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	AMD EPYC
Power efficiency	no data	15.71
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Zen 2 (2017−2020)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	19 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$4,259	no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6252N and EPYC 7532 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	24 (Tetracosa-Core)	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads	48	64
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	3.3 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	23	24
L1 cache	1.5 MB	2 MB
L2 cache	24 MB	16 MB
L3 cache	35.75 MB	256 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm, 14 nm
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6252N and EPYC 7532 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)	no data
Socket	FCLGA3647	Socket SP3
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	200 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6252N and EPYC 7532. 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
Precision Boost 2	no data	+
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6252N and EPYC 7532 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 6252N and EPYC 7532 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 6252N and EPYC 7532. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	1 TB	4 TiB
Max memory channels	6	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	140.8 GB/s	204.763 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6252N and EPYC 7532.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2019	19 February 2020
Physical cores	24	32
Threads	48	64
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	200 Watt

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