AMD Genoa 96-Core CPU Towers Over Intel Sapphire Rapids 56-Core CPU In 2P System Benchmark
YuuKi_AnS of Twitter is lucky enough to be able to do just that. Testing The latest and greatest workstation and server processors from AMD and Intel. Tech enthusiast and digital he creator put both an AMD EPYC Genoa 2 processor (2P) system and an Intel Xeon Platinum 8480+ Sapphire Rapids 2P system to his Cinebench R23 renders to his benchmarks. The result is a clear win for the AMD Genoa Engineering Sample. However, YuuKi_AnS admits that this sort of shared data is not guaranteed to be accurate and is “for reference only”, so add a little salt to the results before proceeding .
There is something wrong with the way Cinebench uses or reports processor cores. Rendering benchmarks seem to be somehow limited to 125C/256T. This is evident from the system information section of the benchmark app. Windows Task Manager, on the other hand, correctly shows that the AMD ‘Genoa’ machine under test is his 2P system using a pair of his 96C/192T processors working together. Obviously Cinebench R23 should report and use the 192C/384T processing available, but it may not. Might be limited to reading – 125C/256T for now.
With the explanation and caveats of the system settings above out of the way, let’s take a closer look at the results via the table.
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cine bench |
AMD Genova |
Intel Sapphire Rapids |
|---|---|---|
|
Reported number of cores |
128C/256T @ 2.15GHz |
112C/224T @ 2GHz |
|
Multi-core R23 score |
110,230 |
69,777 |
According to test results, AMD ‘Genoa’ ES 2P system is 38% faster than Intel Sapphire Rapids 2P system. This is because AMD systems are using more cores and Cinebench R23 handles core scaling well. AMD systems have a 14% increase in core count according to Cinebench, while Windows says they have a 71% increase in core count, and score even better if you use them in your benchmarks.
While consumers are getting excited about the upcoming launch of Zen 4 architecture Ryzen 7000 processors later this month, AMD’s EPYC Genoa parts (based on the same microarchitecture) are also causing ripples. A week ago YuuKi_AnS posted a picture of his EPYC 9654 ES 96-core CPU (is that his one in the tested system above?). The Genoa launch could be next month, but we’re not sure as AMD isn’t positive about its non-consumer related business plans. These mighty EPYC chips are due in the second half of 2022 and are currently on that part of the calendar.
