Intel Xeon Gold 6248R vs AMD EPYC 7702

Processor comparisons 25-03-2021

   You may have difficulties with the choice of a CPU, you will solve them by reading the full tests Intel Xeon Gold 6248R vs AMD EPYC 7702 and decide which is better for games or normal use for streaming, video editing, programming, rendering, machine learning. Here you can find useful information from many benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A thorough review of all the specifications, to make it easier to understand, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint testing in software tests like Furmark, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Gears 5, Blender, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), 3DMark, Dolphin Emulator, WPrime, MATLAB, AIDA64, SuperPi, 7zip, VeraCrypt, PassMark, Handbrake, Prime95, PCMark 10, RealBench, GeekBench 6, 5.2, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, UserBenchmark, Blender.
   Gaming performance of processors in:

Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Fallout 76
Watch Dogs Legion
Borderlands 3
Fortnite
Rainbow Six Siege
Death Stranding
Halo Infinite
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Overwatch
DOOM: Eternal
Valorant
Apex Legends
Grand Theft Auto V
Red Dead Redemption 2
Valheim
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone
Cyberpunk 2077
Last Man Standing

After looking at the data these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD EPYC 7702 or Intel Xeon Gold 6248R.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Xeon Gold 6248R

61%

EPYC 7702

71%

This parameter shows the performance of the processors in single-threaded and multi-threaded mode. In this comparison, EPYC 7702 is 14% better than Xeon Gold 6248R. The data source is several popular tests. More detailed information of the benchmarks is below.

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Xeon Gold 6248R

70%

EPYC 7702

81%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor currently available. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will play games. Because the cost of this processor reaches several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a low game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of less popular games in which processors were compared: Monster Hunter World, Horizon Zero Dawn, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Forza Horizon 4, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Battlefield V, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Metro Exodus, Ghostrunner, NBA 2K20, Hitman 3, Control, Microsoft Flight Simulator, League of Legends (LOL), Half-Life: Alyx, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), DOTA 2A, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	124.8	143.1
Valorant	141.8	162.6
Cyberpunk 2077	79.4	91.0
Apex Legends	133.3	152.8
Call of Duty Warzone	106.4	121.9
Overwatch	114.9	131.7
Red Dead Redemption 2	97.9	112.2
DOOM Eternal	70.9	81.3
Warzone	110.6	126.8
Assassin's Creed	119.1	136.6
Valheim	117.7	134.9

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The tested computers not only did they have different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: FullHD, 2K or 4K. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance the processor will be in games, if you get acquainted with the benchmarks that are made with the same video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Xeon Gold 6248R

16%

EPYC 7702

17%

To make a finishing choice on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. It is clear that the newer the generation, the better the performance of the processor in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the EPYC 7702 is more energy efficient than the Xeon Gold 6248R since it has less power consumption: 205W vs. 200W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, you must know its TDP. It is necessary to count so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

Let's say you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for streaming, programming, machine learning, video editing or video rendering, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to reach maximum efficiency, the processor includes all cores and threads that it has. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the software you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Since there are still many programs that can use only one core to run, and all the advantages of multi-core mode turns out to be unnecessary.

Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	Intel Xeon Gold 6248R	AMD EPYC 7702
Cinbench 15 Single-core	226	216
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	6636	8896
Cinbench 20 Single-core	426	406
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	10753	18857
Cinbench 23 Single-core	1080	996
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	27371	49035

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Xeon Gold 6248R	AMD EPYC 7702
Single-Core	2247	2099
Multi-Core	38405	71929

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Xeon Gold 6248R	AMD EPYC 7702
Single-Core	990	1023
Multi-Core	36095	53995

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most useful will be the the possibility of overclocking it and release date of the processor. The newer the processor, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. When the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS even in new games. Accordingly, you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The economy are obvious!

	Intel Xeon Gold 6248R	AMD EPYC 7702
Announcement date	April 01, 2020	April 01, 2020
Type	Server	Server
Socket	FCLGA3647	SP3
Core name	Cascade Lake	Rome
Architecture	x86	Zen
Generation	2	2
Turbo Frequency	4 MHz	3.4 MHz
Frequency	3 MHz	2 MHz
Cores	24	64
Threads	48	128
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Transistors count	7510 millions	86000 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	205 W	200 W
Memory type	DDR4-2933	DDR4
Max. Memory	1 Gb
Memory Frequency
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache
L2 cache
L3 cache	35.75 MB	256MB
Overclocking	No	Yes
Supports ECC	Yes	No
Part number		100-000000038 100-100000038WOF

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Xeon Gold 6248R is 33% better than EPYC 7702 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that EPYC 7702 has 40 more core than Xeon Gold 6248R. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which Intel Xeon Gold 6248R is better: 9
The number of parameters for which AMD EPYC 7702 is better: 23
Although it should be understood that all the data in the text above do not mean that you should be guided entirely by them and trust a simple quantitative comparison. Better to watch the video tests and read the opinion of real owners of Intel Xeon Gold 6248R and AMD EPYC 7702 before making a choice which of the processors to buy for gaming.

Intel Xeon Gold 6248R - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• Intel Xeon Gold 6248R specs and review.

• AMD EPYC 7702 specs and review.