Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4 vs AMD EPYC 7351P

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4 and AMD EPYC 7351P 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4

  • Around 7% higher clock speed: 3.10 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 155/170 Watt
  • Around 14% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 5750 vs 5027
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.10 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt vs 155/170 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 5750 vs 5027

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7351P

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 10
  • 12 more threads: 32 vs 20
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1788 vs 1723
  • Around 33% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 25657 vs 19344
  • Around 5% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 708 vs 676
Specifications (specs)
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 16 vs 10
Number of threads 32 vs 20
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1788 vs 1723
PassMark - CPU mark 25657 vs 19344
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 708 vs 676

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7351P

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1723
1788
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
19344
25657
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
676
708
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
5750
5027
Name Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4 AMD EPYC 7351P
PassMark - Single thread mark 1723 1788
PassMark - CPU mark 19344 25657
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 676 708
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 5750 5027

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4 AMD EPYC 7351P

Essentials

Architecture codename Broadwell Zen
Launch date Q1'16 June 2017
Place in performance rating 1393 1328
Processor Number E5-2630V4
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family AMD EPYC 7000 Series
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD EPYC
Price now $838.77
Value for money (0-100) 5.56

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.20 GHz 2.4 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 74°C
Maximum frequency 3.10 GHz 2.9 GHz
Number of cores 10 16
Number of QPI Links 2
Number of threads 20 32
VID voltage range 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 bandwidth 68.3 GB/s 307/341 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB
Supported memory types DDR4 1600/1866/2133 DDR4
Supported memory frequency 2400/2666 MHz

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 1
Package Size 45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011-3 TR4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt 155/170 Watt
Socket Count 1P

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0 x128
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16
Scalability 2S

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)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)