Intel Xeon 6980P vs. AMD EPYC 9755 128-Core Showdown With The Latest Linux Software For EOY2025
Kicking things were the code compilation benchmarks in being a reader favorite and typically the most requested benchmarks. When it came to compiling the LLVM stack with the typically used Ninja build system, the AMD EPYC 9755 Turin processors kicked things off well in front of the Intel Xeon 6980P flagship. The EPYC 9755 processors were building LLVM faster while doing so at slightly less power on average or around 100 Watts less at the peak power consumption. That's also with the Intel Xeon 6980P server using MRDIMM memory modules, which consume more than DDR5-6400 DIMMs. Unfortunately though as mentioned not practical comparing the total AC server power consumption for this article due to the server platform differences. But long story short, AMD EPYC had both the performance and power advantage here.
The EPYC 9755 2P server could compile Node.js about 40 seconds quicker than the Xeon 6980P, which could add up over the course of a day or longer if being used as a CI/CD build server. The EPYC 9755 2P power consumption was slightly higher than the Xeon 6980P but the faster build speeds made for better power efficiency.
The AMD EPYC 9755 processors were delivering consistently faster build times than the Xeon 6980P, even with that Granite Rapids server using MRDIMM memory.