AMD EPYC 7502P vs Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7502P and Intel Xeon E5-2697A 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.

AMD EPYC 7502P

Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7502P

16 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 16
32 more threads: 64 vs 32
2.7x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 1.5 TB
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 50298 vs 34280

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	32 vs 16
Number of threads	64 vs 32
Maximum memory size	4 TB vs 1.5 TB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	50298 vs 34280

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4

Around 7% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 145 Watt vs 180 Watt
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2157 vs 1989

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	145 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2157 vs 1989

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7502P
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1989

2157

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

50298

34280

Name	AMD EPYC 7502P	Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	1989	2157
PassMark - CPU mark	50298	34280
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		3406
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		28945

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD EPYC 7502P	Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4
Essentials
Family	EPYC
Launch date	7 Aug 2019	Q1'16
Launch price (MSRP)	$2300
Place in performance rating	513	114
Processor Number	7502P	E5-2697AV4
Series	7002	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename		Broadwell
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	2.5 GHz	2.60 GHz
L1 cache	2 MB
L2 cache	16 MB
L3 cache	128 MB
Maximum frequency	3.35 GHz	3.60 GHz
Number of cores	32	16
Number of threads	64	32
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology		14 nm
Maximum core temperature		78°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	145 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)