Intel Xeon E-2136 vs AMD EPYC 7371

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E-2136 and AMD EPYC 7371 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 E-2136

AMD EPYC 7371

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E-2136

Around 18% higher clock speed: 4.50 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 200 Watt
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2671 vs 2377

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	4.50 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 200 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2671 vs 2377

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7371

10 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 6
20 more threads: 32 vs 12
2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 31094 vs 13451

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 6
Number of threads	32 vs 12
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	31094 vs 13451

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E-2136
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7371

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2671

2377

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

13451

31094

Name	Intel Xeon E-2136	AMD EPYC 7371
PassMark - Single thread mark	2671	2377
PassMark - CPU mark	13451	31094
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	1149
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	6019

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E-2136	AMD EPYC 7371
Essentials
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake
Launch date	Q3'18
Place in performance rating	1017	592
Processor Number	E-2136
Series	Intel® Xeon® E Processor	AMD EPYC 7000 Series
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD EPYC
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.30 GHz	3.1 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s DMI3
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm
Maximum frequency	4.50 GHz	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	6	16
Number of threads	12	32
L3 cache		64 MB
Memory
Max memory channels	2	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	41.6 GB/s	341 GB/s
Maximum memory size	128 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		2666 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	200 Watt
Socket Count		1P/2P
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	3.0	x128
PCIe configurations	1x16,2x8,1x8+2x4
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® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)