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).

 

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 310 307
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)