AMD EPYC 7232P vs Intel Xeon D-1540

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7232P and Intel Xeon D-1540 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 7232P

  • Around 23% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.60 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
  • 32x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 128 GB
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1767 vs 1617
  • Around 77% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 17731 vs 10025
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz vs 2.60 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 128 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1767 vs 1617
PassMark - CPU mark 17731 vs 10025

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon D-1540

  • 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 120 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7232P
CPU 2: Intel Xeon D-1540

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1767
1617
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
17731
10025
Name AMD EPYC 7232P Intel Xeon D-1540
PassMark - Single thread mark 1767 1617
PassMark - CPU mark 17731 10025
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1980
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 11725

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7232P Intel Xeon D-1540

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Broadwell
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 Q1'15
Launch price (MSRP) $450
OPN PIB 100-100000081WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000081
Place in performance rating 1179 1006
Vertical segment Server Server
Processor Number D-1540
Series Intel® Xeon® D Processor
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 3.1 GHz 2.00 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB
L2 cache 4 MB
L3 cache 32 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 2.60 GHz
Number of cores 8 8
Number of threads 16 16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Maximum core temperature 80°C

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 8 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4
Supported memory frequency 2133 MHz

Compatibility

Socket Count 1P
Sockets supported SP3 FCBGA1667
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 45 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 128 32
PCI Express revision 4.0 2.0/3.0
PCIe configurations x16, x8 x4 x8 x16
Integrated LAN
Number of USB ports 8
Scalability 1S Only
Total number of SATA ports 6
UART
USB revision 2.0/3.0

Security & Reliability

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

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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)