Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 vs AMD EPYC 7501

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 and AMD EPYC 7501 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

  • Around 42% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 155/170 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 155/170 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7501

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 20 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 12
  • 40 more threads: 64 vs 24
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 5.3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.1x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 32 vs 12
Number of threads 64 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
L1 cache 96 KB (per core) vs 768 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 3 MB
L3 cache 64 MB vs 30 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7501

Name Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 AMD EPYC 7501
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 7451
PassMark - Single thread mark 1925
PassMark - CPU mark 24925

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 AMD EPYC 7501

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell-EP Zen
Family Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 AMD EPYC
Place in performance rating 922 985
Processor Number E5-2678 v3
Vertical segment Server Server
Launch date June 2017
Price now $4,389.87
Series AMD EPYC 7000 Series
Value for money (0-100) 1.27

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2500 MHz 2 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
L1 cache 768 KB 96 KB (per core)
L2 cache 3 MB 512 KB (per core)
L3 cache 30 MB 64 MB
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 14 nm
Number of cores 12 32
Number of threads 24 64
Die size 192 mm
Maximum frequency 3 GHz
Transistor count 4800 million
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 2 8
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR4
Maximum memory bandwidth 307/341 GB/s
Supported memory frequency 2400/2666 MHz

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 2
Sockets supported LGA2011-3 (R3) TR4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 155/170 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)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)