AMD EPYC 7232P vs Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7232P and Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3 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

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm, 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • 5.3x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 768 GB
  • Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 145 Watt
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 768 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 145 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 8
  • 12 more threads: 28 vs 16
  • Around 13% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1932 vs 1767
  • Around 52% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 26882 vs 17731
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 14 vs 8
Number of threads 28 vs 16
Maximum frequency 3.60 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1932 vs 1767
PassMark - CPU mark 26882 vs 17731

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7232P
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1767
1932
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
17731
26882
Name AMD EPYC 7232P Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 1767 1932
PassMark - CPU mark 17731 26882
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 797
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 9536

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7232P Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Haswell
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 Q3'14
Launch price (MSRP) $450
OPN PIB 100-100000081WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000081
Place in performance rating 1179 1141
Vertical segment Server Server
Processor Number E5-2697V3
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 3.1 GHz 2.60 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB
L2 cache 4 MB
L3 cache 32 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 3.60 GHz
Number of cores 8 14
Number of threads 16 28
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature 76.7°C
Number of QPI Links 2
VID voltage range 0.65V–1.30V

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 8 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.7 GB/s 68 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB 768 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4 1600/1866/2133

Compatibility

Socket Count 1P
Sockets supported SP3 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 145 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2
Package Size 52.5mm x 51mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 128 40
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
PCIe configurations x16, x8 x4, x8, x16
Scalability 2S

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)