AMD EPYC 7702P vs Intel Xeon E7-8893 v4

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7702P and Intel Xeon E7-8893 v4 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD EPYC 7702P

Intel Xeon E7-8893 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7702P

60 more cores, run more applications at once: 64 vs 4
120 more threads: 128 vs 8
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 3 TB
2.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 63300 vs 28424

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	64 vs 4
Number of threads	128 vs 8
Maximum memory size	4 TB vs 3 TB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	63300 vs 28424

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8893 v4

Around 4% higher clock speed: 3.50 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 200 Watt
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2270 vs 2124

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.50 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	8 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt vs 200 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2270 vs 2124

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7702P
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8893 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2124

2270

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

63300

28424

Name	AMD EPYC 7702P	Intel Xeon E7-8893 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	2124	2270
PassMark - CPU mark	63300	28424
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	779
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	11436

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD EPYC 7702P	Intel Xeon E7-8893 v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 2	Broadwell
Family	EPYC
Launch date	7 Aug 2019	Q2'16
Launch price (MSRP)	$4425
Place in performance rating	763	769
Processor Number	7702P	E7-8893V4
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v4 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	2 GHz	3.20 GHz
L1 cache	4 MB
L2 cache	32 MB
L3 cache	256 MB
Maximum frequency	3.35 GHz	3.50 GHz
Number of cores	64	4
Number of threads	128	8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology		14 nm
Maximum core temperature		77°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
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	8
Sockets supported	SP3	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	140 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
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
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® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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)