Intel Xeon E5-1680 v4 vs AMD EPYC 7371

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-1680 v4 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 E5-1680 v4

AMD EPYC 7371

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1680 v4

Around 5% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 200 Watt

Maximum frequency	4.00 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt vs 200 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7371

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 8
16 more threads: 32 vs 16
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2377 vs 2313
2.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 31094 vs 14164

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 8
Number of threads	32 vs 16
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2377 vs 2313
PassMark - CPU mark	31094 vs 14164

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-1680 v4
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7371

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2313

2377

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

14164

31094

Name	Intel Xeon E5-1680 v4	AMD EPYC 7371
PassMark - Single thread mark	2313	2377
PassMark - CPU mark	14164	31094
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	4025
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	25553

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-1680 v4	AMD EPYC 7371
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell
Launch date	Q2'16
Place in performance rating	140	593
Processor Number	E5-1680V4
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family	AMD EPYC 7000 Series
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD EPYC
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.40 GHz	3.1 GHz
Bus Speed	0 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	70°C
Maximum frequency	4.00 GHz	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	8	16
Number of QPI Links	0
Number of threads	16	32
L3 cache		64 MB
Memory
Max memory channels	4	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	341 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		2666 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Package Size	45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt	200 Watt
Socket Count		1P/2P
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	x128
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	1S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	46-bit
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)