Intel Xeon D-1518 vs AMD EPYC 7281

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon D-1518 and AMD EPYC 7281 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.

Intel Xeon D-1518

AMD EPYC 7281

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon D-1518

4.9x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 155/170 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 155/170 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7281

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
24 more threads: 32 vs 8
Around 23% higher clock speed: 2.7 GHz vs 2.20 GHz
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1626 vs 1370
4.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 21621 vs 4562

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	16 vs 4
Number of threads	32 vs 8
Maximum frequency	2.7 GHz vs 2.20 GHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1626 vs 1370
PassMark - CPU mark	21621 vs 4562

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon D-1518
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7281

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1370

1626

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4562

21621

Name	Intel Xeon D-1518	AMD EPYC 7281
PassMark - Single thread mark	1370	1626
PassMark - CPU mark	4562	21621
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	2123
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	7908

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon D-1518	AMD EPYC 7281
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Zen
Launch date	Q4'15	June 2017
Place in performance rating	1205	1235
Processor Number	D-1518
Series	Intel® Xeon® D Processor	AMD EPYC 7000 Series
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD EPYC
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	2.1 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum frequency	2.20 GHz	2.7 GHz
Number of cores	4	16
Number of threads	8	32
Die size		192 mm
L1 cache		96 KB (per core)
L2 cache		512 KB (per core)
L3 cache		32 MB
Transistor count		4800 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	2	8
Maximum memory size	128 GB
Supported memory frequency	2133 MHz	2400/2666 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4, DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory bandwidth		307/341 GB/s
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported	FCBGA1667	TR4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	155/170 Watt
Socket Count		1P/2P
Peripherals
Integrated LAN
Max number of PCIe lanes	32
Number of USB ports	8
PCI Express revision	2.0/3.0	x128
PCIe configurations	x4 x8 x16
Scalability	1S Only
Total number of SATA ports	6
UART
USB revision	2.0/3.0
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)