Intel Xeon Gold 5218 vs AMD EPYC 7702P

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5218 and AMD EPYC 7702P 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 Gold 5218

AMD EPYC 7702P

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5218

Around 16% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 200 Watt
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2090 vs 2079

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt vs 200 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2090 vs 2079

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7702P

CPU is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
48 more cores, run more applications at once: 64 vs 16
96 more threads: 128 vs 32
4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
11.6x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
4x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 1 TB
Around 86% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 61539 vs 33154

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Aug 2019 vs 2 Apr 2019
Number of cores	64 vs 16
Number of threads	128 vs 32
L1 cache	4 MB vs 1 MB
L2 cache	32 MB vs 16 MB
L3 cache	256 MB vs 22 MB
Maximum memory size	4 TB vs 1 TB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	61539 vs 33154

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5218
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7702P

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2090

2079

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

33154

61539

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 5218	AMD EPYC 7702P
PassMark - Single thread mark	2090	2079
PassMark - CPU mark	33154	61539
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		779
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		11436

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 5218	AMD EPYC 7702P
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Zen 2
Launch date	2 Apr 2019	7 Aug 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$1273 - $1280	$4425
Place in performance rating	837	838
Processor Number	5218	7702P
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		EPYC
Performance
Base frequency	2.30 GHz	2 GHz
L1 cache	1 MB	4 MB
L2 cache	16 MB	32 MB
L3 cache	22 MB	256 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	87 °C
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz	3.35 GHz
Number of cores	16	64
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	32	128
Unlocked
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	6	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	119.21 GB/s	190.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1 TB	4 TB
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR4-3200
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	SP3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt	200 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48	128
PCI Express revision	3.0	4.0
Scalability	4S
PCIe configurations		x16, x8
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions	Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
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)