Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4 vs AMD EPYC 7501

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4 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: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4

AMD EPYC 7501

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4

Around 10% higher clock speed: 3.30 GHz vs 3 GHz
Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 155/170 Watt
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 37875 vs 24925

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.30 GHz vs 3 GHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	8 vs 2
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 155/170 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	37875 vs 24925

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7501

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
10 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 22
20 more threads: 64 vs 44
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1925 vs 1647

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	32 vs 22
Number of threads	64 vs 44
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1925 vs 1647

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7501

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1647

1925

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

37875

24925

Name	Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4	AMD EPYC 7501
PassMark - Single thread mark	1647	1925
PassMark - CPU mark	37875	24925

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4	AMD EPYC 7501
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Zen
Launch date	Q2'16	June 2017
Place in performance rating	834	892
Processor Number	E7-8880V4
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v4 Family	AMD EPYC 7000 Series
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD EPYC
Price now		$4,389.87
Value for money (0-100)		1.27
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	2 GHz
Bus Speed	9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	77°C
Maximum frequency	3.30 GHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	22	32
Number of QPI Links	3
Number of threads	44	64
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	85 GB/s	307/341 GB/s
Maximum memory size	3 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4-1333/1600/1866 DDR3-1066/1333/1600	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		2400/2666 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	8	2
Package Size	45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011	TR4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	155/170 Watt
Socket Count		1P/2P
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	32
PCI Express revision	3.0	x128
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	S8S
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® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay 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™)