Intel Xeon Gold 5218N vs AMD EPYC 7262

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5218N and AMD EPYC 7262 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5218N

  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 8
  • 16 more threads: 32 vs 16
  • Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
  • Around 41% lower typical power consumption: 110 Watt vs 155 Watt
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 41082 vs 34227
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 8
Number of threads 32 vs 16
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 110 Watt vs 155 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 41082 vs 34227

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7262

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
  • 5.8x 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 13% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2023 vs 1785
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
L3 cache 128 MB vs 22 MB
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 1 TB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2023 vs 1785

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7262

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1785
2023
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
41082
34227
Name Intel Xeon Gold 5218N AMD EPYC 7262
PassMark - Single thread mark 1785 2023
PassMark - CPU mark 41082 34227

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 5218N AMD EPYC 7262

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake Zen 2
Launch date Q2'19 7 Aug 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $1420 $575
Place in performance rating 816 805
Processor Number 5218N
Series 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Vertical segment Server Server
OPN PIB 100-100000041WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000041

Performance

Base frequency 2.30 GHz 3.2 GHz
L3 cache 22 MB 128 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 7 nm, 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 81°C
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 16 8
Number of threads 32 16
L1 cache 512 KB
L2 cache 4 MB
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Memory

Max memory channels 6 8
Maximum memory size 1 TB 4 TB
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2667 DDR4-3200
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.7 GB/s

Compatibility

Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 SP3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 110 Watt 155 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2

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)

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® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 1
Speed Shift technology
AMD SenseMI
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)

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™)