Intel Xeon Gold 5117 vs AMD EPYC 7551P

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5117 and AMD EPYC 7551P 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5117

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 71% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 180 Watt
Launch date 11 July 2017 vs June 2017
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt vs 180 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7551P

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 18 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 14
  • 36 more threads: 64 vs 28
  • Around 7% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
  • 3.4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 14% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 3.3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1770 vs 1394
  • Around 43% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 38126 vs 26721
Specifications (specs)
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 32 vs 14
Number of threads 64 vs 28
Maximum frequency 3 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
L1 cache 96 KB (per core) vs 896 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 14 MB
L3 cache 64 MB vs 19.25 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1770 vs 1394
PassMark - CPU mark 38126 vs 26721

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5117
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7551P

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1394
1770
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
26721
38126
Name Intel Xeon Gold 5117 AMD EPYC 7551P
PassMark - Single thread mark 1394 1770
PassMark - CPU mark 26721 38126
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 609
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6648

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 5117 AMD EPYC 7551P

Essentials

Architecture codename Skylake Zen
Family Xeon Gold AMD EPYC
Launch date 11 July 2017 June 2017
Place in performance rating 1219 1235
Processor Number 5117
Series 5100 AMD EPYC 7000 Series
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.00 GHz 2 GHz
L1 cache 896 KB 96 KB (per core)
L2 cache 14 MB 512 KB (per core)
L3 cache 19.25 MB 64 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 2.80 GHz 3 GHz
Number of cores 14 32
Number of threads 28 64
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2
Unlocked
Die size 192 mm
Transistor count 4800 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 6 8
Maximum memory bandwidth 107.3 GiB/s 341 GB/s
Maximum memory size 768 GB
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz 2666 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR4

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 TR4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt 180 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Socket Count 1P

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48
PCI Express revision 3.0 x128
Scalability 4S

Security & Reliability

Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Turbo Boost Max 3.0

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™)