AMD EPYC 7343 vs Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7343 and Intel Xeon E5-2697A 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7343

  • Around 8% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 3.60 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm+ vs 14 nm
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 1.5 TB
  • Around 31% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2806 vs 2150
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 73934 vs 33757
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz vs 3.60 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm+ vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 1.5 TB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2806 vs 2150
PassMark - CPU mark 73934 vs 33757

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4

  • Around 31% lower typical power consumption: 145 Watt vs 190 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 145 Watt vs 190 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7343
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2806
2150
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
73934
33757
Name AMD EPYC 7343 Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4
PassMark - Single thread mark 2806 2150
PassMark - CPU mark 73934 33757
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3406
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 28945

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7343 Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3 Broadwell
Launch date 15 Mar 2021 Q1'16
Launch price (MSRP) $1565
OPN PIB 100-100000338WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000338
Place in performance rating 131 134
Vertical segment Server Server
Processor Number E5-2697AV4
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 3.2 GHz 2.60 GHz
L1 cache 1 MB
L2 cache 8 MB
L3 cache 128 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm+ 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz 3.60 GHz
Number of cores 16 16
Number of threads 32 32
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature 78°C
Number of QPI Links 2
VID voltage range 0

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 8 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.73 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB 1.5 TB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 165-200 Watt
Socket Count 1P/2P
Sockets supported SP3 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 190 Watt 145 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2
Package Size 45mm x 52.5mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 128 40
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
PCIe configurations 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)