Intel Xeon E7-8895 v3 vs AMD EPYC 9654P

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7-8895 v3 and AMD EPYC 9654P 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 E7-8895 v3

AMD EPYC 9654P

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8895 v3

Around 1981% higher maximum core temperature: 77°C vs 3.7 GHz
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 360 Watt

Maximum core temperature	77°C vs 3.7 GHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	8 vs 2
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt vs 360 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 9654P

78 more cores, run more applications at once: 96 vs 18
156 more threads: 192 vs 36
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 5 nm vs 22 nm
8947848.5x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	96 vs 18
Number of threads	192 vs 36
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 22 nm
L3 cache	384 MB vs 45 MB Last Level Cache

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7-8895 v3
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 9654P

Name	Intel Xeon E7-8895 v3	AMD EPYC 9654P
PassMark - Single thread mark		2616
PassMark - CPU mark		113949

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E7-8895 v3	AMD EPYC 9654P
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Zen 4
Launch date	Q2'15	10 Nov 2022
Place in performance rating	not rated	44
Processor Number	E7-8895V3
Series	Intel Xeon Processor E7 v3 Family
Vertical segment	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$10625
OPN Tray		100-100000803
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.60 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus Speed	9.6 GT/s
L3 cache	45 MB Last Level Cache	384 MB
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	5 nm
Maximum core temperature	77°C	3.7 GHz
Maximum frequency	3.50 GHz
Number of cores	18	96
Number of QPI Links	3
Number of threads	36	192
Die size		72 mm²
L1 cache		6 MB
L2 cache		96 MB
Transistor count		78840 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4	12
Maximum memory bandwidth	102 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4-1333/1600/1866 DDR3-1066/1333/1600	DDR5-4800
ECC memory support
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	8	2
Package Size	52mm x 45mm	FC-LGA6096
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	360 Watt
Configurable TDP		320-400 Watt
Sockets supported		SP5
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	32	128
PCI Express revision	3.0	5.0
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® 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)