AMD EPYC 7502P vs Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7502P and Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4 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, 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD EPYC 7502P

Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7502P

14 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 18
28 more threads: 64 vs 36
Around 2% higher clock speed: 3.35 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
2.7x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 1.5 TB
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2023 vs 1867
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 51054 vs 34936

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	32 vs 18
Number of threads	64 vs 36
Maximum frequency	3.35 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Maximum memory size	4 TB vs 1.5 TB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2023 vs 1867
PassMark - CPU mark	51054 vs 34936

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4

Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 180 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 180 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7502P
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2023

1867

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

51054

34936

Name	AMD EPYC 7502P	Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	2023	1867
PassMark - CPU mark	51054	34936
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		3294
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		29615
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		52.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		403.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.65
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		16.165
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		162.162

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD EPYC 7502P	Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4
Essentials
Family	EPYC
Launch date	7 Aug 2019	Q1'16
Launch price (MSRP)	$2300
Place in performance rating	655	115
Processor Number	7502P	E5-2695V4
Series	7002	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename		Broadwell
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	2.5 GHz	2.10 GHz
L1 cache	2 MB
L2 cache	16 MB
L3 cache	128 MB
Maximum frequency	3.35 GHz	3.30 GHz
Number of cores	32	18
Number of threads	64	36
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology		14 nm
Maximum core temperature		84°C
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0
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	1.5 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400
Compatibility
Sockets supported	SP3	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt	120 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
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
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® AVX2
Intel 64
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
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)