Intel Xeon E7-8890 v4 vs AMD EPYC 7371

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7-8890 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.

Intel Xeon E7-8890 v4

AMD EPYC 7371

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8890 v4

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 24 vs 16
16 more threads: 48 vs 32
Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 200 Watt
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 68717 vs 54894

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	24 vs 16
Number of threads	48 vs 32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 200 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	68717 vs 54894

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7371

Around 12% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2320 vs 2110

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2320 vs 2110

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7-8890 v4
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7371

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2110

2320

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

68717

54894

Name	Intel Xeon E7-8890 v4	AMD EPYC 7371
PassMark - Single thread mark	2110	2320
PassMark - CPU mark	68717	54894

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E7-8890 v4	AMD EPYC 7371
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell
Launch date	Q2'16
Place in performance rating	328	404
Processor Number	E7-8890V4
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v4 Family	AMD EPYC 7000 Series
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD EPYC
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	3.1 GHz
Bus Speed	9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	79°C
Maximum frequency	3.40 GHz	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	24	16
Number of QPI Links	3
Number of threads	48	32
L3 cache		64 MB
Memory
Max memory channels	4	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	85 GB/s	341 GB/s
Maximum memory size	3 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4-1333/1600/1866 DDR3-1066/1333/1600	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		2666 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	8
Package Size	45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	200 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® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay 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)