AMD EPYC 7252 vs Intel Xeon Gold 5218

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7252 and Intel Xeon Gold 5218 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7252

  • 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
  • 2.9x 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
  • Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 125 Watt
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 34911 vs 33345
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 vs 2 Apr 2019
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
L3 cache 64 MB vs 22 MB
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 1 TB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 125 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 34911 vs 33345

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5218

  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 8
  • 16 more threads: 32 vs 16
  • Around 22% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
  • 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 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2118 vs 2095
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 8
Number of threads 32 vs 16
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
L1 cache 1 MB vs 512 KB
L2 cache 16 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2118 vs 2095

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7252
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Gold 5218

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2095
2118
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
34911
33345
Name AMD EPYC 7252 Intel Xeon Gold 5218
PassMark - Single thread mark 2095 2118
PassMark - CPU mark 34911 33345

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7252 Intel Xeon Gold 5218

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Cascade Lake
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 2 Apr 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $475 $1273 - $1280
OPN PIB 100-100000080WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000080
Place in performance rating 757 767
Vertical segment Server Server
Processor Number 5218

Performance

Base frequency 3.1 GHz 2.30 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 1 MB
L2 cache 4 MB 16 MB
L3 cache 64 MB 22 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 3.90 GHz
Number of cores 8 16
Number of threads 16 32
Unlocked
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 87 °C
Number of QPI Links 2

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 8 6
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.7 GB/s 119.21 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB 1 TB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-2667
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz

Compatibility

Socket Count 1P/2P
Sockets supported SP3 FCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 125 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 128 48
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
PCIe configurations x16, x8
Scalability 4S

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
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Intel 64
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

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® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)