AMD EPYC 7262 vs Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7262 and Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7262

  • Around 13% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm, 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • 5.3x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 768 GB
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2023 vs 1622
  • Around 73% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 34227 vs 19780
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 768 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2023 vs 1622
PassMark - CPU mark 34227 vs 19780

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 8
  • 4 more threads: 20 vs 16
  • Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 155 Watt
Number of cores 10 vs 8
Number of threads 20 vs 16
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt vs 155 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7262
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2023
1622
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
34227
19780
Name AMD EPYC 7262 Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 2023 1622
PassMark - CPU mark 34227 19780
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 689
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6066
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 311.954
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 160.724

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7262 Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Haswell
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 Q3'14
Launch price (MSRP) $575
OPN PIB 100-100000041WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000041
Place in performance rating 810 794
Vertical segment Server Server
Processor Number E5-2650V3
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 3.2 GHz 2.30 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB
L2 cache 4 MB
L3 cache 128 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz 3.00 GHz
Number of cores 8 10
Number of threads 16 20
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature 78.9°C
Number of QPI Links 2
VID voltage range 0.65V–1.30V

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 8 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.7 GB/s 68 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB 768 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4 1600/1866/2133

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 2
Sockets supported SP3 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 155 Watt 105 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 52.5mm x 45mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 128 40
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
PCIe configurations x16, x8 x4, x8, x16
Scalability 2S

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® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 46-bit
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® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)