AMD EPYC 7402P vs Intel Xeon Gold 6230

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7402P and Intel Xeon Gold 6230 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7402P

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 24 vs 20
  • 8 more threads: 48 vs 40
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 20% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4.7x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 1 TB
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 vs 2 April 2019
Number of cores 24 vs 20
Number of threads 48 vs 40
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache 1.5 MB vs 1.25 MB
L3 cache 128 MB vs 27.5 MB
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 1 TB

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6230

  • Around 16% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
  • Around 67% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 180 Watt
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2126 vs 2030
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 44680 vs 44070
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
L2 cache 20 MB vs 12 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2126 vs 2030
PassMark - CPU mark 44680 vs 44070

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7402P
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Gold 6230

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2030
2126
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
44070
44680
Name AMD EPYC 7402P Intel Xeon Gold 6230
PassMark - Single thread mark 2030 2126
PassMark - CPU mark 44070 44680

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7402P Intel Xeon Gold 6230

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Cascade Lake
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 2 April 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $1250 $1894, $1900
OPN PIB 100-100000048WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000048
Place in performance rating 676 624
Vertical segment Server Server
Family Xeon Gold
Processor Number 6230
Series 6200

Performance

Base frequency 2.8 GHz 2.10 GHz
L1 cache 1.5 MB 1.25 MB
L2 cache 12 MB 20 MB
L3 cache 128 MB 27.5 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.35 GHz 3.90 GHz
Number of cores 24 20
Number of threads 48 40
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 4 × 8 GT/s
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 87 °C
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 3

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 8 6
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.7 GB/s 131.13 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB 1 TB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-2933
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported SP3 FCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt 125 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 128 48
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
PCIe configurations x16, x8
Scalability 4S

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
Speed Shift technology
Turbo Boost Max 3.0

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)