Intel Xeon Gold 5218T vs AMD EPYC 7302P

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5218T and AMD EPYC 7302P 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 Gold 5218T

AMD EPYC 7302P

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5218T

Around 15% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 155 Watt
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1992 vs 1870
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 34851 vs 32612

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.80 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 155 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1992 vs 1870
PassMark - CPU mark	34851 vs 32612

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7302P

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

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

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5218T
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7302P

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1992

1870

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

34851

32612

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 5218T	AMD EPYC 7302P
PassMark - Single thread mark	1992	1870
PassMark - CPU mark	34851	32612

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 5218T	AMD EPYC 7302P
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Zen 2
Launch date	Q2'19	7 Aug 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$1572	$825
Place in performance rating	709	802
Processor Number	5218T
Series	2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Vertical segment	Server	Server
OPN PIB		100-100000049WOF
OPN Tray		100-000000049
Performance
Base frequency	2.10 GHz	3.0 GHz
L3 cache	22 MB	128 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	7 nm, 14 nm
Maximum core temperature	93°C
Maximum frequency	3.80 GHz	3.3 GHz
Number of cores	16	16
Number of threads	32	32
L1 cache		1 MB
L2 cache		8 MB
Unlocked
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)	105 Watt	155 Watt
Socket Count		1P
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™)