AMD EPYC 7343 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6154

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7343 and Intel Xeon Gold 6154 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

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 5% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 3.70 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm+ vs 14 nm
  • 5.2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 5.3x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 768 GB
  • Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 190 Watt vs 200 Watt
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2806 vs 2189
  • Around 48% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 73934 vs 50054
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 Mar 2021 vs July 2017
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz vs 3.70 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm+ vs 14 nm
L3 cache 128 MB vs 25344 KB (shared)
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 768 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 190 Watt vs 200 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2806 vs 2189
PassMark - CPU mark 73934 vs 50054

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6154

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 16
  • 4 more threads: 36 vs 32
  • Around 13% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2.3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 18 vs 16
Number of threads 36 vs 32
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 1 MB
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) vs 8 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7343
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Gold 6154

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2806
2189
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
73934
50054
Name AMD EPYC 7343 Intel Xeon Gold 6154
PassMark - Single thread mark 2806 2189
PassMark - CPU mark 73934 50054
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 4419
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 36691

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7343 Intel Xeon Gold 6154

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3 Skylake
Launch date 15 Mar 2021 July 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $1565
OPN PIB 100-100000338WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000338
Place in performance rating 102 24
Vertical segment Server Server
Price now $3,809
Processor Number 6154
Series Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 2.14

Performance

Base frequency 3.2 GHz 3.00 GHz
L1 cache 1 MB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 8 MB 1024 KB (per core)
L3 cache 128 MB 25344 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm+ 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz 3.70 GHz
Number of cores 16 18
Number of threads 32 36
Unlocked
64 bit support
Maximum core temperature 82°C
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 3
Transistor count 8000 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 8 6
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.73 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB 768 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-2666
Supported memory frequency 2666 MHz

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 165-200 Watt
Socket Count 1P/2P
Sockets supported SP3 FCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 190 Watt 200 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4
Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 128 48
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
Scalability S4S

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
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 2
Speed Shift technology

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® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)