But according to leading analysts, AMD is poised to start taking larger portions of Intel's market share. AMD's EPYC Rome processors come this quarter with up to 64 cores and 128 threads apiece, far outweighing Intel's general-purpose lineup of Xeon chips (the flagship Xeon 8280 weighs in at 28 cores and 56 threads). Not only is AMD taking the lead in core counts, it is also taking the process lead with TSMC's 7nm node, which should improve pricing and reduce power consumption.