AMD EPYC 7232P vs Intel Xeon Silver 4210

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7232P and Intel Xeon Silver 4210 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.

AMD EPYC 7232P

Intel Xeon Silver 4210

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7232P

CPU is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
2.3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
4x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 1 TB

Launch date	7 Aug 2019 vs 2 Apr 2019
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
L3 cache	32 MB vs 13.75 MB
Maximum memory size	4 TB vs 1 TB

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4210

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 8
4 more threads: 20 vs 16
Around 25% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2.5x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 41% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 120 Watt
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1798 vs 1767
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 23506 vs 17731

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 8
Number of threads	20 vs 16
L1 cache	640 KB vs 512 KB
L2 cache	10 MB vs 4 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1798 vs 1767
PassMark - CPU mark	23506 vs 17731

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7232P
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Silver 4210

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1767

1798

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

17731

23506

Name	AMD EPYC 7232P	Intel Xeon Silver 4210
PassMark - Single thread mark	1767	1798
PassMark - CPU mark	17731	23506

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD EPYC 7232P	Intel Xeon Silver 4210
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 2	Cascade Lake
Launch date	7 Aug 2019	2 Apr 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$450	$501-511
OPN PIB	100-100000081WOF
OPN Tray	100-000000081
Place in performance rating	1179	1071
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Processor Number		4210
Performance
Base frequency	3.1 GHz	2.20 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB	640 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	10 MB
L3 cache	32 MB	13.75 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm, 14 nm	14 nm
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	3.20 GHz
Number of cores	8	10
Number of threads	16	20
Unlocked
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		78 °C
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links		2
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	8	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	190.7 GB/s	107.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size	4 TB	1 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR4-2400
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Compatibility
Socket Count	1P
Sockets supported	SP3	FCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	85 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	128	48
PCI Express revision	4.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	x16, x8
Scalability		2S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions		Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Turbo Boost Max 3.0
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)