AMD EPYC 7502P vs Intel Xeon Gold 5120

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7502P and Intel Xeon Gold 5120 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

  • 18 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 14
  • 36 more threads: 64 vs 28
  • Around 5% higher clock speed: 3.35 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
  • 5.3x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 768 GB
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1989 vs 1687
  • Around 70% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 50298 vs 29566
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 32 vs 14
Number of threads 64 vs 28
Maximum frequency 3.35 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 768 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1989 vs 1687
PassMark - CPU mark 50298 vs 29566

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5120

  • Around 71% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 180 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt vs 180 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7502P
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Gold 5120

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1989
1687
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
50298
29566
Name AMD EPYC 7502P Intel Xeon Gold 5120
PassMark - Single thread mark 1989 1687
PassMark - CPU mark 50298 29566
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3452
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 24230

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7502P Intel Xeon Gold 5120

Essentials

Family EPYC
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 Q3'17
Launch price (MSRP) $2300
Place in performance rating 517 223
Processor Number 7502P 5120
Series 7002 Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Vertical segment Server Server
Architecture codename Skylake
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 2.5 GHz 2.20 GHz
L1 cache 2 MB
L2 cache 16 MB
L3 cache 128 MB
Maximum frequency 3.35 GHz 3.20 GHz
Number of cores 32 14
Number of threads 64 28
Unlocked
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 81°C
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 8 6
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB 768 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-2400
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz

Compatibility

Sockets supported SP3 FCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt 105 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 128 48
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
PCIe configurations x16, x8
Scalability S4S

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
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 1
Speed Shift technology

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® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)