Intel Xeon D-2141I vs AMD EPYC 7351P

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon D-2141I and AMD EPYC 7351P 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 Intel Xeon D-2141I

  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.00 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
  • 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 155/170 Watt
Maximum frequency 3.00 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 155/170 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7351P

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 8
  • 16 more threads: 32 vs 16
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1788 vs 1713
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 25657 vs 12117
Specifications (specs)
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 16 vs 8
Number of threads 32 vs 16
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1788 vs 1713
PassMark - CPU mark 25657 vs 12117

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon D-2141I
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7351P

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1713
1788
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
12117
25657
Name Intel Xeon D-2141I AMD EPYC 7351P
PassMark - Single thread mark 1713 1788
PassMark - CPU mark 12117 25657
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 708
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 5027

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon D-2141I AMD EPYC 7351P

Essentials

Architecture codename Skylake Zen
Launch date Q1'18 June 2017
Place in performance rating 1211 1325
Processor Number D-2141I
Series Intel® Xeon® D Processor AMD EPYC 7000 Series
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD EPYC
Price now $838.77
Value for money (0-100) 5.56

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.20 GHz 2.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.00 GHz 2.9 GHz
Number of cores 8 16
Number of threads 16 32
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 0
Die size 192 mm
L1 cache 96 KB (per core)
L2 cache 512 KB (per core)
L3 cache 64 MB
Transistor count 4800 million
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 4 8
Maximum memory size 512 GB
Supported memory frequency 2133 MHz 2400/2666 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR4
Maximum memory bandwidth 307/341 GB/s

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FCBGA2518 TR4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 155/170 Watt
Socket Count 1P

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 32
PCI Express revision 3.0 x128
PCIe configurations >
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX2
Integrated Intel® QuickAssist Technology
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)
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 1
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™)