Last month with the launch of the [1]AMD EPYC 4005 "Grado" series for entry-level Zen 5 servers we ran benchmarks of the [2]AMD EPYC 4565P and EPYC 4585PX processors as the top-tier 16-core CPUs. They delivered an excellent combination of performance, power efficiency, and most of all value for those looking to assemble an AM5-based budget-oriented server in 2025 and beyond. Those processors destroyed the Intel Xeon 6300 series competition's flagship, the Xeon 6369P that is simply 8 cores / 16 threads in 2025... Being curious about the core-for-core performance between the AMD EPYC 4005 series and Intel Xeon 6300 series, I got my hands on an AMD EPYC 4345P as the Grado 8-core processor to see how it performs against that Xeon E-2400 series replacement as well as how the performance compares to the prior generation 8-core EPYC 4344P.

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The AMD EPYC 4345P provides eight Zen 5 cores for 16 total threads while having a 3.8GHz base clock and 5.5GHz maximum boost clock, 32MB of L3 cache, dual channel DDR5-5600 with ECC support, 28 lanes of PCI Express 5.0, and a 65 Watt TDP. All for a list price of $329 USD. And that pricing is accurate and in fact finding it in-stock at NewEgg for as low as $319 USD.

Over the prior generation EPYC 4344P, it's a transition from Zen 4 to Zen 5 and increasing the memory support from DDR5-5200 to DDR5-5600 while maintaining the same 8 cores / 16 threads configuration, 5.5GHz boost frequency, 32MB L3 cache, and 65 Watt TDP.

The 8-core EPYC 4345P is just the middle of the EPYC 4005 product stack with there also being the 12-core EPYC 4465P and then the 16-core EPYC 4545P / 4565P / 4585PX SKUs. Over on the Intel side though with the new Xeon 6300 series the 8-core Xeon 6369P is their top-end SKU. As mentioned in other articles, the Xeon 6300 series is little changed from the Xeon E-2400 series and still relying on Raptor Lake cores. The Intel Xeon 6369P provides 8 cores / 16 threads, 3.3GHz base frequency, 5.4GHz Turbo Boost Max 3.0 frequency, and 5.7GHz maximum turbo frequency while having a 24MB cache. The Xeon 6369P does have slightly higher boost/turbo frequencies but the EPYC 4345P has a higher base clock. Plus the EPYC 4345P has a 65 Watt TDP compared to the Xeon 6369P at 95 Watts, the larger cache size with the AMD CPU, only 20 lanes of PCI Express 5.0, and remaining at DDR5-4800 speeds compared to DDR5-5600 with Grado.

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The real kicker between the EPYC 4345P and Xeon 6369P though is the pricing... Not only are the EPYC 4345P specifications competitive and at the $329 price point but the Xeon 6359P has a list price of $606 USD. The cheapest Xeon 6369P I can currently find is around $625~680+ USD. The Xeon 6369P carries a higher price than the 16-core EPYC 4565P at $569 and nearly as expensive as the 16-core EPYC 4585PX with 3D V-Cache at $699. The AMD EPYC 4000 series processors much like the higher-tier EPYC server processors are much more competitively priced than Intel's wares.

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For seeing how the AMD EPYC 4345P fares core-to-core against the Xeon 6369P and the prior-generation EPYC 4344P, I continued on from the EPYC 4585PX / EPYC 4565P benchmarking last month that also included the EPYC 4564P and EPYC 4584PX prior-generation parts too. Thus a comprehensive look at how the AMD EPYC 4004/4005 series can compete with the Intel Xeon 6300 series at the same core count as well as if going for the highest core processors of the series.

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All of the EPYC 4004/4005 testing continued to be done from a Supermicro AS-3015A-I H13SAE-MF server. For delivering a leading-edge look at the Linux performance across all these budget server processors tested, Ubuntu 25.04 with Linux 6.14 was used for testing to provide a very fresh software environment paired with the modern GCC 14.2 compiler and other modern software versions for 2025+ server deployments.

In addition to looking at the raw performance results, the CPU power consumption (performance-per-Watt) as well as value (performance-per-dollar) were also analyzed. Pricing was based on the USD prices available at NewEgg.com as of writing the article. In the case of the Xeon 6369P it was not listed in-stock at NewEgg so I used the $606 pricing baseline even though at other Internet retailers the cheapest price I found was $625~680+.



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/review/amd-epyc-4005-linux-servers

[2] https://www.phoronix.com/review/amd-epyc-4585px-4565p-benchmarks

[3] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=amd-epyc-4345p&image=amd_epyc_4345p_1_lrg

[4] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=amd-epyc-4345p&image=amd_epyc_4345p_2_lrg

[5] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=amd-epyc-4345p&image=amd_epyc_4345p_6_lrg

[6] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=amd-epyc-4345p&image=amd_epyc_4345p_4_lrg