AMD EPYC 7252 vs Intel Xeon E5-4650

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7252 and Intel Xeon E5-4650 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. 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 7252

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm, 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 3.2x 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 8% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 130 Watt
  • Around 47% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2095 vs 1430
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 34911 vs 13713
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 vs May 2012
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm vs 32 nm
L2 cache 4 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 64 MB vs 20480 KB (shared)
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 384 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2095 vs 1430
PassMark - CPU mark 34911 vs 13713

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4650

  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.30 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Maximum frequency 3.30 GHz vs 3.2 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7252
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4650

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2095
1430
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
34911
13713
Name AMD EPYC 7252 Intel Xeon E5-4650
PassMark - Single thread mark 2095 1430
PassMark - CPU mark 34911 13713
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2693
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 16028

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7252 Intel Xeon E5-4650

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Sandy Bridge EP
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 May 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $475 $799
OPN PIB 100-100000080WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000080
Place in performance rating 757 739
Vertical segment Server Server
Price now $95.49
Processor Number E5-4650
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 37.38

Performance

Base frequency 3.1 GHz 2.70 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 64 MB 20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 3.30 GHz
Number of cores 8 8
Number of threads 16 16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 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 51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB 384 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600

Compatibility

Socket Count 1P/2P
Sockets supported SP3 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 130 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

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Security & Reliability

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