AMD EPYC 4344P vs Intel Xeon E5-1680 v4

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 4344P and Intel Xeon E5-1680 v4 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 4344P

  • Around 33% higher clock speed: 5.3 GHz vs 4.00 GHz
  • Around 36% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 70°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 5 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 140 Watt
  • Around 63% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3781 vs 2320
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 34474 vs 14211
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 5.3 GHz vs 4.00 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 70°C
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3781 vs 2320
PassMark - CPU mark 34474 vs 14211

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 4344P
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-1680 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3781
2320
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
34474
14211
Name AMD EPYC 4344P Intel Xeon E5-1680 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark 3781 2320
PassMark - CPU mark 34474 14211
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 4025
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 25553

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 4344P Intel Xeon E5-1680 v4

Essentials

Launch date 21 May 2024 Q2'16
Launch price (MSRP) $329
Place in performance rating 181 170
Architecture codename Broadwell
Processor Number E5-1680V4
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server

Performance

Base frequency 3.8 GHz 3.40 GHz
Die size 71 mm²
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1 MB (per core)
L3 cache 32 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 61°C
Maximum core temperature 95°C 70°C
Maximum frequency 5.3 GHz 4.00 GHz
Number of cores 8 8
Number of threads 16 16
Transistor count 6,570 million
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 0 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 0

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5 DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400
Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM5 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 140 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 45mm x 52.5mm

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 5, 28 Lanes, (CPU only) x4, x8, x16
Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 46-bit
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

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