AMD EPYC 7352 vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7352 and Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7352

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 24 vs 22
  • 4 more threads: 48 vs 44
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 9% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2.2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 1536 GB
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 vs 20 June 2016
Number of cores 24 vs 22
Number of threads 48 vs 44
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache 1.5 MB vs 1408 KB
L2 cache 12 MB vs 5.5 MB
L3 cache 128 MB vs 55 MB
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 1536 GB

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4

  • Around 16% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
  • Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 155 Watt
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 155 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7352
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4

Name AMD EPYC 7352 Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark 2040
PassMark - CPU mark 65921
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 7352 Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Broadwell EP
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 20 June 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $1350
OPN PIB 100-100000077WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000077
Place in performance rating 382 307
Vertical segment Server Server
Family Xeon E5
Processor Number E5-2696 v4
Series E5-2000

Performance

Base frequency 2.3 GHz 2.2 GHz
L1 cache 1.5 MB 1408 KB
L2 cache 12 MB 5.5 MB
L3 cache 128 MB 55 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 3.7 GHz
Number of cores 24 22
Number of threads 48 44
64 bit support
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI 4800 MHz
Operating Temperature Range -25 °C - 125 °C
Transistor count 7.2 billion
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Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 8 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.7 GB/s 71.53 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB 1536 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-2400

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 2
Socket Count 1P/2P
Sockets supported SP3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 155 Watt 150 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 128 40
PCI Express revision 4.0
PCIe configurations x16, x8 1x4, 1x16
Number of USB ports 3.0

Security & Reliability

Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility

Virtualization

Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)