Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 vs AMD EPYC 7371

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

AMD EPYC 7371

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 200 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 200 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7371

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 12
8 more threads: 32 vs 24
2.1x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	16 vs 12
Number of threads	32 vs 24
L3 cache	64 MB vs 30 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7371

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3	AMD EPYC 7371
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	7451
PassMark - Single thread mark		2320
PassMark - CPU mark		54894

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3	AMD EPYC 7371
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell-EP
Family	Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3	AMD EPYC
Place in performance rating	1294	337
Processor Number	E5-2678 v3
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Series		AMD EPYC 7000 Series
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2500 MHz	3.1 GHz
Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI
L1 cache	768 KB
L2 cache	3 MB
L3 cache	30 MB	64 MB
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm
Number of cores	12	16
Number of threads	24	32
Maximum frequency		3.8 GHz
Memory
Max memory channels	2	8
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4
Maximum memory bandwidth		341 GB/s
Supported memory frequency		2666 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2
Sockets supported	LGA2011-3 (R3)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	200 Watt
Socket Count		1P/2P
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	x128
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)