Intel Xeon D-2141I vs AMD EPYC 7401P

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon D-2141I and AMD EPYC 7401P 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-2141I

AMD EPYC 7401P

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon D-2141I

2.6x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 155/170 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 155/170 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7401P

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
16 more cores, run more applications at once: 24 vs 8
32 more threads: 48 vs 16
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1724 vs 1713
2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 28293 vs 12117

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	24 vs 8
Number of threads	48 vs 16
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1724 vs 1713
PassMark - CPU mark	28293 vs 12117

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon D-2141I
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7401P

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1713

1724

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

12117

28293

Name	Intel Xeon D-2141I	AMD EPYC 7401P
PassMark - Single thread mark	1713	1724
PassMark - CPU mark	12117	28293
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		699
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		7285

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon D-2141I	AMD EPYC 7401P
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Zen
Launch date	Q1'18	June 2017
Place in performance rating	1214	1216
Processor Number	D-2141I
Series	Intel® Xeon® D Processor	AMD EPYC 7000 Series
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD EPYC
Price now		$1,414.80
Value for money (0-100)		3.86
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	8	24
Number of threads	16	48
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™)