AMD EPYC 7702P vs Intel Xeon Gold 6138

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7702P and Intel Xeon Gold 6138 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7702P

  • 44 more cores, run more applications at once: 64 vs 20
  • 88 more threads: 128 vs 40
  • 5.3x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 768 GB
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2124 vs 2081
  • Around 49% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 63300 vs 42367
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 64 vs 20
Number of threads 128 vs 40
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 768 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2124 vs 2081
PassMark - CPU mark 63300 vs 42367

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6138

  • Around 10% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
  • Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 200 Watt
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt vs 200 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7702P
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Gold 6138

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2124
2081
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
63300
42367
Name AMD EPYC 7702P Intel Xeon Gold 6138
PassMark - Single thread mark 2124 2081
PassMark - CPU mark 63300 42367
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 779
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 11436

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7702P Intel Xeon Gold 6138

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Skylake
Family EPYC
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 Q3'17
Launch price (MSRP) $4425
Place in performance rating 763 678
Processor Number 7702P 6138
Vertical segment Server Server
Series Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 2 GHz 2.00 GHz
L1 cache 4 MB
L2 cache 32 MB
L3 cache 256 MB
Maximum frequency 3.35 GHz 3.70 GHz
Number of cores 64 20
Number of threads 128 40
Unlocked
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 86°C
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 3

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 DDR4-2666
Supported memory frequency 2666 MHz

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported SP3 FCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt 125 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

Security & Reliability

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

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
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 2
Speed Shift technology

Virtualization

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