AMD EPYC 7232P vs Intel Xeon Silver 4216

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7232P and Intel Xeon Silver 4216 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.

 

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
  • Around 45% 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 22 MB
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 1 TB

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4216

  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 8
  • 16 more threads: 32 vs 16
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1780 vs 1767
  • Around 70% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 30184 vs 17731
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 8
Number of threads 32 vs 16
L1 cache 1 MB vs 512 KB
L2 cache 16 MB vs 4 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1780 vs 1767
PassMark - CPU mark 30184 vs 17731

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7232P
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Silver 4216

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1767
1780
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
17731
30184
Name AMD EPYC 7232P Intel Xeon Silver 4216
PassMark - Single thread mark 1767 1780
PassMark - CPU mark 17731 30184

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7232P Intel Xeon Silver 4216

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Cascade Lake
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 2 Apr 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $450 $1002-1012
OPN PIB 100-100000081WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000081
Place in performance rating 1179 979
Vertical segment Server Server
Processor Number 4216

Performance

Base frequency 3.1 GHz 2.10 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 1 MB
L2 cache 4 MB 16 MB
L3 cache 32 MB 22 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 3.20 GHz
Number of cores 8 16
Number of threads 16 32
Unlocked
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 79 °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

Compatibility

Socket Count 1P
Sockets supported SP3 FCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 100 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)