AMD EPYC 7302P vs Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7302P and Intel Xeon E5-2699 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.

AMD EPYC 7302P

Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7302P

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

Manufacturing process technology	7 nm, 14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size	4 TB vs 768 GB

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 16
4 more threads: 36 vs 32
Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 145 Watt vs 155 Watt
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1966 vs 1886
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 34051 vs 32669

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	18 vs 16
Number of threads	36 vs 32
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	145 Watt vs 155 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1966 vs 1886
PassMark - CPU mark	34051 vs 32669

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7302P
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1886

1966

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

32669

34051

Name	AMD EPYC 7302P	Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1886	1966
PassMark - CPU mark	32669	34051

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD EPYC 7302P	Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 2	Haswell
Launch date	7 Aug 2019	Q3'14
Launch price (MSRP)	$825
OPN PIB	100-100000049WOF
OPN Tray	100-000000049
Place in performance rating	893	837
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Processor Number		E5-2699V3
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status		Announced
Performance
Base frequency	3.0 GHz	2.30 GHz
L1 cache	1 MB
L2 cache	8 MB
L3 cache	128 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm, 14 nm	22 nm
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz	3.60 GHz
Number of cores	16	18
Number of threads	32	36
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature		76.4°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
Socket Count	1P
Sockets supported	SP3	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	155 Watt	145 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Package Size		52.5mm x 51mm
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)