AMD EPYC 7452 vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7452 and Intel Xeon E5-2660 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD EPYC 7452

Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7452

18 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 14
36 more threads: 64 vs 28
Around 5% higher clock speed: 3.35 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2160 vs 1906
2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 77746 vs 26403

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	32 vs 14
Number of threads	64 vs 28
Maximum frequency	3.35 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2160 vs 1906
PassMark - CPU mark	77746 vs 26403

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4

Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 155 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 155 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7452
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2160

1906

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

77746

26403

Name	AMD EPYC 7452	Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	2160	1906
PassMark - CPU mark	77746	26403
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		3364
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		25358

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD EPYC 7452	Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 2	Broadwell
Launch date	7 Aug 2019	Q1'16
Launch price (MSRP)	$2025
OPN PIB	100-100000057WOF
OPN Tray	100-000000057
Place in performance rating	240	236
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Processor Number		E5-2660V4
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	2.35 GHz	2.00 GHz
L1 cache	2 MB
L2 cache	16 MB
L3 cache	128 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm, 14 nm	14 nm
Maximum frequency	3.35 GHz	3.20 GHz
Number of cores	32	14
Number of threads	64	28
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature		79°C
Number of QPI Links		2
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	8	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	190.7 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size	4 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	2
Socket Count	1P/2P
Sockets supported	SP3	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	155 Watt	105 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		45mm x 52.5mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	128	40
PCI Express revision	4.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	x16, x8	x4, x8, x16
Scalability		2S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
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
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)