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 2209
  • 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 2209
PassMark - CPU mark 54894 vs 14097

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2637 v4
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7371

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2209
2320
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
14097
54894
Name Intel Xeon E5-2637 v4 AMD EPYC 7371
PassMark - Single thread mark 2209 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

Essentials

Architecture codename Broadwell
Launch date Q1'16
Place in performance rating 333 404
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

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

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 2
Package Size 45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 135 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 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)