Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y vs AMD EPYC 7502P

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y and AMD EPYC 7502P 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 5315Y

AMD EPYC 7502P

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 7% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 TB vs 4 TB
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 180 Watt
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2488 vs 2018

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 Apr 2021 vs 7 Aug 2019
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
Maximum memory size	6 TB vs 4 TB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2488 vs 2018

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7502P

24 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 8
48 more threads: 64 vs 16
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
10.7x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 50932 vs 36620

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	32 vs 8
Number of threads	64 vs 16
L1 cache	2 MB vs 512 KB
L2 cache	16 MB vs 8 MB
L3 cache	128 MB vs 12 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	50932 vs 36620

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7502P

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2488

2018

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

36620

50932

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y	AMD EPYC 7502P
PassMark - Single thread mark	2488	2018
PassMark - CPU mark	36620	50932

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y	AMD EPYC 7502P
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ice Lake
Launch date	6 Apr 2021	7 Aug 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$895	$2300
Place in performance rating	575	586
Processor Number	5315Y	7502P
Series	3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	7002
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		EPYC
Performance
Base frequency	3.20 GHz	2.5 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB	2 MB
L2 cache	8 MB	16 MB
L3 cache	12 MB	128 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	81°C
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz	3.35 GHz
Number of cores	8	32
Number of threads	16	64
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	3
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	8	8
Maximum memory size	6 TB	4 TB
Supported memory frequency	2933 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4-3200
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		190.7 GB/s
Compatibility
Package Size	77.5mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA4189	SP3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt	180 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	64	128
PCI Express revision	4.0	4.0
Scalability	2S
PCIe configurations		x16, x8
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Advanced Technologies
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	2
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™)