AMD EPYC 7232P vs Intel Xeon E5-4610

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7232P and Intel Xeon E5-4610 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

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
  • 4 more threads: 16 vs 12
  • Around 10% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm, 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.1x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 10.7x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 384 GB
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1767 vs 1474
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 vs May 2012
Number of cores 8 vs 6
Number of threads 16 vs 12
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache 512 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 32 MB vs 15360 KB (shared)
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 384 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1767 vs 1474

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4610

  • Around 26% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • Around 32% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 23354 vs 17731
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 23354 vs 17731

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7232P
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4610

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1767
1474
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
17731
23354
Name AMD EPYC 7232P Intel Xeon E5-4610
PassMark - Single thread mark 1767 1474
PassMark - CPU mark 17731 23354
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2039
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 8882

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7232P Intel Xeon E5-4610

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Sandy Bridge EP
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 May 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $450
OPN PIB 100-100000081WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000081
Place in performance rating 1181 1028
Vertical segment Server Server
Processor Number E5-4610
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Status Discontinued

Performance

Base frequency 3.1 GHz 2.40 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 32 MB 15360 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 2.90 GHz
Number of cores 8 6
Number of threads 16 12
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 7.2 GT/s QPI
Die size 435 mm
Number of QPI Links 2
Transistor count 2270 million
VID voltage range 0.6V-1.35V

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 8 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.7 GB/s 42.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB 384 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR3 800/1066/1333

Compatibility

Socket Count 1P
Sockets supported SP3 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4
Package Size 52.5mm x 45.0mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 128 40
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
PCIe configurations x16, x8
Scalability 4S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)