AMD EPYC 7272 vs Intel Xeon E5-2687W

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7272 and Intel Xeon E5-2687W 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7272

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
  • 8 more threads: 24 vs 16
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 3x 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
  • 16x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 256 GB
  • Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1775 vs 1740
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 42832 vs 17753
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 vs March 2012
Number of cores 12 vs 8
Number of threads 24 vs 16
L1 cache 768 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 6 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 64 MB vs 20480 KB (shared)
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 256 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1775 vs 1740
PassMark - CPU mark 42832 vs 17753

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2687W

  • Around 19% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Maximum frequency 3.80 GHz vs 3.2 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7272
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2687W

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1775
1740
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
42832
17753
Name AMD EPYC 7272 Intel Xeon E5-2687W
PassMark - Single thread mark 1775 1740
PassMark - CPU mark 42832 17753
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 699
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 5632
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 12747
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 56.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 269.627
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.336
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 12.708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 78.498

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7272 Intel Xeon E5-2687W

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Sandy Bridge EP
Family AMD EPYC
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 March 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $625 $815
OPN PIB 100-100000079WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000079
Place in performance rating 791 736
Series AMD EPYC 7002 Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Price now $2,636.50
Processor Number E5-2687W
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 1.61

Performance

Base frequency 2.9 GHz 3.10 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 6 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 64 MB 20480 KB (shared)
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 3.80 GHz
Number of cores 12 8
Number of threads 24 16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Die size 435 mm
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 67°C
Number of QPI Links 2
Transistor count 2270 million
VID voltage range 0.60V - 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 256 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600

Compatibility

Socket Count 1P/2P
Sockets supported SP3, LGA-4094 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 150 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2
Package Size 52.5mm x 45.0 mm

Peripherals

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

Security & Reliability

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

Advanced Technologies

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

Virtualization

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