Intel Xeon E5-2637 v4 vs AMD EPYC 7371
Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2637 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2637 v4
- Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 135 Watt vs 200 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 135 Watt vs 200 Watt |
Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7371
- 12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
- 24 more threads: 32 vs 8
- Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.70 GHz
- Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2320 vs 2220
- 3.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 54894 vs 14097
Specifications (specs) | |
Number of cores | 16 vs 4 |
Number of threads | 32 vs 8 |
Maximum frequency | 3.8 GHz vs 3.70 GHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - Single thread mark | 2320 vs 2220 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 54894 vs 14097 |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2637 v4
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7371
PassMark - Single thread mark |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Name | Intel Xeon E5-2637 v4 | AMD EPYC 7371 |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 2220 | 2320 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 14097 | 54894 |
Geekbench 4 - Single Core | 4138 | |
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core | 15346 |
Compare specifications (specs)
Intel Xeon E5-2637 v4 | AMD EPYC 7371 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Broadwell | |
Launch date | Q1'16 | |
Place in performance rating | 331 | 405 |
Processor Number | E5-2637V4 | |
Series | Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family | AMD EPYC 7000 Series |
Status | Launched | |
Vertical segment | Server | Server |
Family | AMD EPYC | |
Performance |
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64 bit support | ||
Base frequency | 3.50 GHz | 3.1 GHz |
Bus Speed | 9.6 GT/s QPI | |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | |
Maximum core temperature | 75°C | |
Maximum frequency | 3.70 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
Number of cores | 4 | 16 |
Number of QPI Links | 2 | |
Number of threads | 8 | 32 |
VID voltage range | 0 | |
L3 cache | 64 MB | |
Memory |
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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 |
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Low Halogen Options Available | ||
Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 2 | |
Package Size | 45mm x 52.5mm | |
Sockets supported | FCLGA2011-3 | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 135 Watt | 200 Watt |
Socket Count | 1P/2P | |
Peripherals |
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Max number of PCIe lanes | 40 | |
PCI Express revision | 3.0 | x128 |
PCIe configurations | x4, x8, x16 | |
Scalability | 2S | |
Security & Reliability |
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Execute Disable Bit (EDB) | ||
Intel® Identity Protection technology | ||
Intel® OS Guard | ||
Intel® Secure Key technology | ||
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT) | ||
Advanced Technologies |
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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 |
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Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) | ||
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) | ||
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT) |