Intel Xeon E-2246G vs AMD EPYC 7371

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E-2246G and AMD EPYC 7371 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E-2246G

  • Around 26% higher clock speed: 4.80 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 200 Watt
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2797 vs 2377
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 4.80 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 200 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2797 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
  • 5.3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 31094 vs 13898
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 6
Number of threads 32 vs 12
L3 cache 64 MB vs 12 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 31094 vs 13898

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E-2246G
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7371

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2797
2377
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
13898
31094
Name Intel Xeon E-2246G AMD EPYC 7371
PassMark - Single thread mark 2797 2377
PassMark - CPU mark 13898 31094

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E-2246G AMD EPYC 7371

Essentials

Architecture codename Coffee Lake
Launch date 27 May 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $311
Place in performance rating 640 593
Processor Number E-2246G
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD EPYC
Series AMD EPYC 7000 Series

Performance

Base frequency 3.60 GHz 3.1 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB
L2 cache 1.5 MB
L3 cache 12 MB 64 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 73 °C
Maximum frequency 4.80 GHz 3.8 GHz
Number of cores 6 16
Number of threads 12 32

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 8
Maximum memory bandwidth 39.74 GB/s 341 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2666 DDR4
Supported memory frequency 2666 MHz

Graphics

Device ID 0x3E96
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.20 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 128 GB
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics P630

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2160@24Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
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)

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)