Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4 vs AMD EPYC 7371

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2660 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 E5-2660 v4

AMD EPYC 7371

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4

Around 90% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 200 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 200 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7371

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 14
4 more threads: 32 vs 28
Around 19% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2320 vs 1921
2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 54894 vs 27097

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 14
Number of threads	32 vs 28
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2320 vs 1921
PassMark - CPU mark	54894 vs 27097

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7371

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1921

2320

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

27097

54894

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4	AMD EPYC 7371
PassMark - Single thread mark	1921	2320
PassMark - CPU mark	27097	54894
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	3364
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	25358

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4	AMD EPYC 7371
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell
Launch date	Q1'16
Place in performance rating	200	337
Processor Number	E5-2660V4
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	2.00 GHz	3.1 GHz
Bus Speed	9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	79°C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	14	16
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	28	32
L3 cache		64 MB
Memory
Max memory channels	4	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	341 GB/s
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)	105 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)