AMD EPYC 7502P vs Intel Xeon E7-8891 v4

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7502P and Intel Xeon E7-8891 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7502P

  • 22 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 10
  • 44 more threads: 64 vs 20
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 3 TB
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 50932 vs 48879
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 32 vs 10
Number of threads 64 vs 20
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 3 TB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 50932 vs 48879

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8891 v4

  • Around 4% higher clock speed: 3.50 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
  • Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 180 Watt
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2104 vs 2018
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.50 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2104 vs 2018

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7502P
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8891 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2018
2104
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
50932
48879
Name AMD EPYC 7502P Intel Xeon E7-8891 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark 2018 2104
PassMark - CPU mark 50932 48879

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7502P Intel Xeon E7-8891 v4

Essentials

Family EPYC
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 Q2'16
Launch price (MSRP) $2300
Place in performance rating 586 576
Processor Number 7502P E7-8891V4
Series 7002 Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v4 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Architecture codename Broadwell
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 2.5 GHz 2.80 GHz
L1 cache 2 MB
L2 cache 16 MB
L3 cache 128 MB
Maximum frequency 3.35 GHz 3.50 GHz
Number of cores 32 10
Number of threads 64 20
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 79°C
Number of QPI Links 3

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 8 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.7 GB/s 85 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB 3 TB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-1333/1600/1866 DDR3-1066/1333/1600

Compatibility

Sockets supported SP3 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt 165 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 8
Package Size 45mm x 52.5mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 128 32
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
PCIe configurations x16, x8 x4, x8, x16
Scalability S8S

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® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay 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® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)