AMD EPYC 7F32 vs Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7F32 and Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3 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 7F32

  • Around 34% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
  • 5.3x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 768 GB
  • Around 50% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2426 vs 1615
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 40000 vs 14672
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 768 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2426 vs 1615
PassMark - CPU mark 40000 vs 14672

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3

  • 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 180 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 Watt vs 180 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7F32
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2426
1615
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
40000
14672
Name AMD EPYC 7F32 Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 2426 1615
PassMark - CPU mark 40000 14672
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3290
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 16710

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7F32 Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Haswell
Launch date 14 Apr 2020 Q3'14
Launch price (MSRP) $2100
OPN PIB 100-000000139WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000139
Place in performance rating 555 565
Vertical segment Server Server
Processor Number E5-2630LV3
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 3.7 GHz 1.80 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB
L2 cache 4 MB
L3 cache 128 MB
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz 2.90 GHz
Number of cores 8 8
Number of threads 16 16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 60.4°C
Number of QPI Links 2
VID voltage range 0.65V–1.30V

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 8 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.7 GB/s 59 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB 768 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4 1600/1866

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 2
Socket Count 1P/2P
Sockets supported SP3 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt 55 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 52.5mm x 45mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 128 40
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
PCIe configurations x16, x8 x4, x8, x16
Scalability 2S

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
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® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading 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)