AMD EPYC 7262 vs Intel Xeon E-2126G

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7262 and Intel Xeon E-2126G processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7262

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
  • 10 more threads: 16 vs 6
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
  • 32x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 128 GB
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 34227 vs 10545
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 6
Number of threads 16 vs 6
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 128 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 34227 vs 10545

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E-2126G

  • Around 32% higher clock speed: 4.50 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
  • Around 94% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 155 Watt
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2629 vs 2023
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 4.50 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 155 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2629 vs 2023

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7262
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E-2126G

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2023
2629
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
34227
10545
Name AMD EPYC 7262 Intel Xeon E-2126G
PassMark - Single thread mark 2023 2629
PassMark - CPU mark 34227 10545

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7262 Intel Xeon E-2126G

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Coffee Lake
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 Q3'18
Launch price (MSRP) $575
OPN PIB 100-100000041WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000041
Place in performance rating 705 763
Vertical segment Server Server
Processor Number E-2126G
Series Intel® Xeon® E Processor
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 3.2 GHz 3.30 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB
L2 cache 4 MB
L3 cache 128 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz 4.50 GHz
Number of cores 8 6
Number of threads 16 6
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 8 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.7 GB/s 41.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-2666

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 1
Sockets supported SP3 FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 155 Watt 80 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 128 16
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
PCIe configurations x16, x8 1x16,2x8,1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S 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® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
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)

Graphics

Device ID 0x3E96
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.15 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 128 GB
Processor graphics Intel® UHD Graphics P630

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2160@24Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot