AMD EPYC 7232P vs Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7232P and Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7232P

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm, 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 1.5 TB
  • Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 150 Watt
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 vs June 2015
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 1.5 TB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 150 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3

  • 10 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 8
  • 20 more threads: 36 vs 16
  • 2.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 13% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 41% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1787 vs 1767
  • Around 95% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 34583 vs 17731
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 18 vs 8
Number of threads 36 vs 16
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 512 KB
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) vs 4 MB
L3 cache 46080 KB (shared) vs 32 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1787 vs 1767
PassMark - CPU mark 34583 vs 17731

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7232P
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1767
1787
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
17731
34583
Name AMD EPYC 7232P Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 1767 1787
PassMark - CPU mark 17731 34583

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7232P Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Haswell
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 June 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $450
OPN PIB 100-100000081WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000081
Place in performance rating 1181 916
Vertical segment Server Server
Processor Number E7-8880V3
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v3 Family
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 3.1 GHz 2.30 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 32 MB 46080 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 3.10 GHz
Number of cores 8 18
Number of threads 16 36
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Die size 160 mm
Maximum core temperature 77°C
Number of QPI Links 3
Transistor count 1400 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 8 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.7 GB/s 85 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB 1.5 TB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-1333/1600/1866, DDR3-1066/1333/1600

Compatibility

Socket Count 1P
Sockets supported SP3 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 150 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 8
Package Size 52mm x 45mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 128 32
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
PCIe configurations x16, x8 x4, x8, x16
Scalability S8S

Graphics

Processor graphics None

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
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® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay 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)