AMD EPYC 3451 vs Intel Xeon Gold 5117

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 3451 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.

AMD EPYC 3451

Intel Xeon Gold 5117

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 3451

CPU is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 14
4 more threads: 32 vs 28
Around 7% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Around 71% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1700 vs 1499

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 Feb 2018 vs 11 July 2017
Number of cores	16 vs 14
Number of threads	32 vs 28
Maximum frequency	3 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
L1 cache	96K (per core) vs 896 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1700 vs 1499

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5117

Around 75% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
630784x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 26794 vs 19532

Specifications (specs)
L2 cache	14 MB vs 512K (per core)
L3 cache	19.25 MB vs 32MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	26794 vs 19532

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 3451
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Gold 5117

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1700

1499

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

19532

26794

Name	AMD EPYC 3451	Intel Xeon Gold 5117
PassMark - Single thread mark	1700	1499
PassMark - CPU mark	19532	26794

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD EPYC 3451	Intel Xeon Gold 5117
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen (Snowy Owl)	Skylake
Launch date	21 Feb 2018	11 July 2017
Place in performance rating	1088	1073
Family		Xeon Gold
Processor Number		5117
Series		5100
Vertical segment		Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.15 GHz	2.00 GHz
Die size	2x 213 mm²
L1 cache	96K (per core)	896 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	14 MB
L3 cache	32MB (shared)	19.25 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	105°C
Maximum frequency	3 GHz	2.80 GHz
Number of cores	16	14
Number of threads	32	28
Transistor count	4,800 million
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
Configurable TDP	80-100 W
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Sockets supported	AMD BGA SP4r2	FCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	105 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 64 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)