AMD EPYC 7502P vs Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7502P and Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2 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 7502P

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • 24 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 8
  • 48 more threads: 64 vs 16
  • Around 2% higher clock speed: 3.35 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
  • 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 6.4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 10.7x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 384 GB
  • Around 21% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2017 vs 1661
  • 2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 50818 vs 17238
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 vs September 2013
Number of cores 32 vs 8
Number of threads 64 vs 16
Maximum frequency 3.35 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
L1 cache 2 MB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 16 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 128 MB vs 20480 KB (shared)
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 384 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2017 vs 1661
PassMark - CPU mark 50818 vs 17238

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2

  • Around 89% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 180 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 180 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7502P
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2017
1661
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
50818
17238
Name AMD EPYC 7502P Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark 2017 1661
PassMark - CPU mark 50818 17238
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2856
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 17874

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7502P Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2

Essentials

Family EPYC
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 September 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $2300
Place in performance rating 595 597
Processor Number 7502P E5-2450V2
Series 7002 Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Architecture codename Ivy Bridge EN
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 2.5 GHz 2.50 GHz
L1 cache 2 MB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 16 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 128 MB 20480 KB (shared)
Maximum frequency 3.35 GHz 3.30 GHz
Number of cores 32 8
Number of threads 64 16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Die size 160 mm
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 80°C
Number of QPI Links 1
Transistor count 1400 million
VID voltage range 0.65-1.30V

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 8 3
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.7 GB/s 38.4 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB 384 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600

Compatibility

Sockets supported SP3 FCLGA1356
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt 95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2
Package Size 45mm x 42.5mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 128 24
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
PCIe configurations x16, x8 x4, x8, x16
Scalability 2S Only

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
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 46-bit
Thermal Monitoring

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® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)