AMD EPYC 7702P vs Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7702P and Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. 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 7702P

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 46 more cores, run more applications at once: 64 vs 18
  • 92 more threads: 128 vs 36
  • Around 2% higher clock speed: 3.35 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
  • 3.6x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 7.1x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 5.7x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 1.5 TB
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2124 vs 1634
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 63300 vs 51476
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 vs June 2015
Number of cores 64 vs 18
Number of threads 128 vs 36
Maximum frequency 3.35 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
L1 cache 4 MB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 32 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 256 MB vs 46080 KB (shared)
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 1.5 TB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2124 vs 1634
PassMark - CPU mark 63300 vs 51476

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3

  • Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 200 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 8 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 Watt vs 200 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7702P
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2124
1634
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
63300
51476
Name AMD EPYC 7702P Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 2124 1634
PassMark - CPU mark 63300 51476
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 779
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 11436

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7702P Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Haswell
Family EPYC
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 June 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $4425
Place in performance rating 765 737
Processor Number 7702P E7-8890V3
Vertical segment Server Server
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v3 Family
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 2 GHz 2.50 GHz
L1 cache 4 MB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 32 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 256 MB 46080 KB (shared)
Maximum frequency 3.35 GHz 3.30 GHz
Number of cores 64 18
Number of threads 128 36
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Die size 160 mm
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 79°C
Number of QPI Links 3
Transistor count 1400 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 8 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.7 GB/s 85 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB 1.5 TB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-1333/1600/1866, DDR3-1066/1333/1600

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 8
Sockets supported SP3 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt 165 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 52mm x 45mm

Peripherals

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

Graphics

Processor graphics None

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 46-bit
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)