AMD EPYC 72F3 vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 72F3 and Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4 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, 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).

AMD EPYC 72F3

Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 72F3

CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 11% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
4.7x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

Launch date	15 Mar 2021 vs 20 June 2016
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
L3 cache	256 MB vs 55 MB

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4

14 more cores, run more applications at once: 22 vs 8
28 more threads: 44 vs 16
2.8x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 38% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 180 Watt

Number of cores	22 vs 8
Number of threads	44 vs 16
L1 cache	1408 KB vs 512 KB
L2 cache	5.5 MB vs 4 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 180 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 72F3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4

Name	AMD EPYC 72F3	Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	3034
PassMark - CPU mark	50017
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		45.233
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		238.37
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.53

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD EPYC 72F3	Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Milan	Broadwell EP
Launch date	15 Mar 2021	20 June 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$2468
Place in performance rating	257	272
Family		Xeon E5
Processor Number		E5-2696 v4
Series		E5-2000
Vertical segment		Server
Performance
Base frequency	3.7 GHz	2.2 GHz
Die size	81 mm²
L1 cache	512 KB	1408 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	5.5 MB
L3 cache	256 MB	55 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	8	22
Number of threads	16	44
Transistor count	33200 million	7.2 billion
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI 4800 MHz
Operating Temperature Range		-25 °C - 125 °C
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	8	4
Supported memory frequency	3200 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory bandwidth		71.53 GB/s
Maximum memory size		1536 GB
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	165-200 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	2
Sockets supported	SP3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt	150 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	128	40
PCI Express revision	4.0
Number of USB ports		3.0
PCIe configurations		1x4, 1x16
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Security & Reliability
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)