Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 vs AMD EPYC 7371

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2

  • Around 86742% higher clock speed: 3300 MHz vs 3.8 GHz
Maximum frequency 3300 MHz vs 3.8 GHz

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 E5-2696 v2
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7371

Name Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 AMD EPYC 7371
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 56.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 312.635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 16.335
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 84.763
PassMark - Single thread mark 2377
PassMark - CPU mark 31094

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 AMD EPYC 7371

Essentials

Architecture codename Ivy Bridge-EP
Family Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 AMD EPYC
Place in performance rating 196 593
Processor Number E5-2696 v2
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
Maximum frequency 3300 MHz 3.8 GHz
Number of cores 12 16
Number of threads 24 32

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 4 8
Maximum memory size 768 GB (per socket)
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR4
Maximum memory bandwidth 341 GB/s
Supported memory frequency 2666 MHz

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2
Sockets supported LGA2011
Socket Count 1P/2P
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 x128

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)