AMD EPYC 7371 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6154

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7371 and Intel Xeon Gold 6154 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7371

  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.70 GHz
  • 2.6x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2377 vs 2189
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz vs 3.70 GHz
L3 cache 64 MB vs 25344 KB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2377 vs 2189

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 61% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 50054 vs 31094
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 18 vs 16
Number of threads 36 vs 32
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 50054 vs 31094

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7371
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Gold 6154

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2377
2189
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
31094
50054
Name AMD EPYC 7371 Intel Xeon Gold 6154
PassMark - Single thread mark 2377 2189
PassMark - CPU mark 31094 50054
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 4419
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 36691

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7371 Intel Xeon Gold 6154

Essentials

Family AMD EPYC
Place in performance rating 593 24
Series AMD EPYC 7000 Series Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Vertical segment Server Server
Architecture codename Skylake
Launch date July 2017
Price now $3,809
Processor Number 6154
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 2.14

Performance

Base frequency 3.1 GHz 3.00 GHz
L3 cache 64 MB 25344 KB (shared)
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz 3.70 GHz
Number of cores 16 18
Number of threads 32 36
64 bit support
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 82°C
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 3
Transistor count 8000 million

Memory

Max memory channels 8 6
Maximum memory bandwidth 341 GB/s
Supported memory frequency 2666 MHz 2666 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size 768 GB

Compatibility

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

Peripherals

PCI Express revision x128 3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes 48
Scalability S4S

Security & Reliability

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

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
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

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)