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.

 

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
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt vs 200 Watt

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 90% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 63300 vs 33345
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 - Single thread mark 2124 vs 2118
PassMark - CPU mark 63300 vs 33345

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2118
2124
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
33345
63300
Name Intel Xeon Gold 5218 AMD EPYC 7702P
PassMark - Single thread mark 2118 2124
PassMark - CPU mark 33345 63300
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 769 765
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)