Intel Xeon E5-4620 v2 vs AMD EPYC 7401P

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4620 v2 and AMD EPYC 7401P 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 E5-4620 v2

AMD EPYC 7401P

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4620 v2

Around 79% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 155/170 Watt

Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 155/170 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7401P

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
16 more cores, run more applications at once: 24 vs 8
32 more threads: 48 vs 16
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1731 vs 1574
Around 68% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 28546 vs 16970

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	24 vs 8
Number of threads	48 vs 16
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1731 vs 1574
PassMark - CPU mark	28546 vs 16970

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4620 v2
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7401P

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1574

1731

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

16970

28546

Name	Intel Xeon E5-4620 v2	AMD EPYC 7401P
PassMark - Single thread mark	1574	1731
PassMark - CPU mark	16970	28546
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		699
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		7285

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-4620 v2	AMD EPYC 7401P
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge EP	Zen
Launch date	Q1'14	June 2017
Place in performance rating	1295	1291
Processor Number	E5-4620V2
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family	AMD EPYC 7000 Series
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD EPYC
Price now		$1,414.80
Value for money (0-100)		3.86
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.60 GHz	2 GHz
Bus Speed	7.2 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	75°C
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	8	24
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	16	48
VID voltage range	0.65-1.30V
Die size		192 mm
L1 cache		96 KB (per core)
L2 cache		512 KB (per core)
L3 cache		64 MB
Transistor count		4800 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	307/341 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		2400/2666 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	1
Package Size	52.5 mm x 45 mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011	TR4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	155/170 Watt
Socket Count		1P
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	x128
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	4S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)