Intel Xeon D-2183IT vs AMD EPYC 7501

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon D-2183IT and AMD EPYC 7501 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.

Intel Xeon D-2183IT

AMD EPYC 7501

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon D-2183IT

Around 70% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 155/170 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 155/170 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7501

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
16 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 16
32 more threads: 64 vs 32
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1925 vs 1719
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 24925 vs 19377

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	32 vs 16
Number of threads	64 vs 32
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1925 vs 1719
PassMark - CPU mark	24925 vs 19377

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon D-2183IT
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7501

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1719

1925

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

19377

24925

Name	Intel Xeon D-2183IT	AMD EPYC 7501
PassMark - Single thread mark	1719	1925
PassMark - CPU mark	19377	24925

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon D-2183IT	AMD EPYC 7501
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Zen
Launch date	Q1'18	June 2017
Place in performance rating	1084	891
Processor Number	D-2183IT
Series	Intel® Xeon® D Processor	AMD EPYC 7000 Series
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD EPYC
Price now		$4,389.87
Value for money (0-100)		1.27
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	16	32
Number of threads	32	64
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	2400 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	2
Sockets supported	FCBGA2518	TR4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	155/170 Watt
Socket Count		1P/2P
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™)