AMD EPYC 9124 vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 9124 and Intel Xeon E5-2696 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

AMD EPYC 9124

Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 9124

CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 5 nm vs 14 nm

Launch date	10 Nov 2022 vs 20 June 2016
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 14 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 22 vs 16
12 more threads: 44 vs 32
Around 38% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
360448x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
901120x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 200 Watt

Number of cores	22 vs 16
Number of threads	44 vs 32
L1 cache	1408 KB vs 64K (per core)
L2 cache	5.5 MB vs 1MB (per core)
L3 cache	55 MB vs 64MB (shared)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 200 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 9124
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4

Name	AMD EPYC 9124	Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	2346
PassMark - CPU mark	63027
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		45.233
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		238.37
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.53

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD EPYC 9124	Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4
Essentials
Launch date	10 Nov 2022	20 June 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$1083
Place in performance rating	311	307
Architecture codename		Broadwell EP
Family		Xeon E5
Processor Number		E5-2696 v4
Series		E5-2000
Vertical segment		Server
Performance
Base frequency	3 GHz	2.2 GHz
Die size	4x 72 mm²
L1 cache	64K (per core)	1408 KB
L2 cache	1MB (per core)	5.5 MB
L3 cache	64MB (shared)	55 MB
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	14 nm
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	16	22
Number of threads	32	44
Transistor count	26,280 million	7.2 billion
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI 4800 MHz
Operating Temperature Range		-25 °C - 125 °C
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5-4800 MHz, Twelve-channel	DDR4-2400
Max memory channels		4
Maximum memory bandwidth		71.53 GB/s
Maximum memory size		1536 GB
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	200-240 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	2
Sockets supported	SP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	150 Watt
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 5, 128 Lanes, (CPU only)	1x4, 1x16
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
Number of USB ports		3.0
Security & Reliability
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Virtualization
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)