AMD EPYC 3151 vs Intel Xeon Gold 5117

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 3151 and Intel Xeon Gold 5117 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 3151

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
  • Around 4% higher clock speed: 2.9 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 105 Watt
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1883 vs 1394
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 Feb 2018 vs 11 July 2017
Maximum frequency 2.9 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1883 vs 1394

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5117

  • 10 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 4
  • 20 more threads: 28 vs 8
  • 2.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 1261568x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 26721 vs 8376
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 14 vs 4
Number of threads 28 vs 8
L1 cache 896 KB vs 96K (per core)
L2 cache 14 MB vs 512K (per core)
L3 cache 19.25 MB vs 16MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 26721 vs 8376

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 3151
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Gold 5117

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1883
1394
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
8376
26721
Name AMD EPYC 3151 Intel Xeon Gold 5117
PassMark - Single thread mark 1883 1394
PassMark - CPU mark 8376 26721

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 3151 Intel Xeon Gold 5117

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Skylake
Launch date 21 Feb 2018 11 July 2017
Place in performance rating 1266 1219
Family Xeon Gold
Processor Number 5117
Series 5100
Vertical segment Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.7 GHz 2.00 GHz
Die size 213 mm²
L1 cache 96K (per core) 896 KB
L2 cache 512K (per core) 14 MB
L3 cache 16MB (shared) 19.25 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C
Maximum frequency 2.9 GHz 2.80 GHz
Number of cores 4 14
Number of threads 8 28
Unlocked
64 bit support
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR4-2666 MHz, Dual-channel DDR4-2400
Max memory channels 6
Maximum memory bandwidth 107.3 GiB/s
Maximum memory size 768 GB
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported AMD BGA SP4r2 FCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 105 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 3, 32 Lanes, (CPU only)
Max number of PCIe lanes 48
PCI Express revision 3.0
Scalability 4S

Security & Reliability

Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Turbo Boost Max 3.0

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)