Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4 vs AMD EPYC 7371

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2687W 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 E5-2687W v4

  • Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 200 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 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
  • Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2377 vs 2071
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 31094 vs 28954
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 12
Number of threads 32 vs 24
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2377 vs 2071
PassMark - CPU mark 31094 vs 28954

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7371

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2071
2377
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
28954
31094
Name Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4 AMD EPYC 7371
PassMark - Single thread mark 2071 2377
PassMark - CPU mark 28954 31094
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 870
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 11425

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4 AMD EPYC 7371

Essentials

Architecture codename Broadwell
Launch date Q1'16
Place in performance rating 926 593
Processor Number E5-2687WV4
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 3.00 GHz 3.1 GHz
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 76°C
Maximum frequency 3.50 GHz 3.8 GHz
Number of cores 12 16
Number of QPI Links 2
Number of threads 24 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) 160 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)