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.

AMD EPYC 7502P

Intel Xeon E7-8891 v4

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: 50818 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	50818 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 2017

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 2017

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2017

2104

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

50818

48879

Name	AMD EPYC 7502P	Intel Xeon E7-8891 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	2017	2104
PassMark - CPU mark	50818	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	595	579
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)