Intel Xeon Gold 5415+ vs AMD EPYC 7502

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5415+ and AMD EPYC 7502 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 5415+

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 22% higher clock speed: 4.10 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 180 Watt
  • Around 48% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3248 vs 2189
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Jan 2023 vs 7 Aug 2019
Maximum frequency 4.10 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3248 vs 2189

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7502

  • 24 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 8
  • 48 more threads: 64 vs 16
  • 3.2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 1048576x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 5.7x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 80% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 80300 vs 44674
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 32 vs 8
Number of threads 64 vs 16
L1 cache 2 MB vs 80K (per core)
L2 cache 16 MB vs 2MB (per core)
L3 cache 128 MB vs 22.5 MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 80300 vs 44674

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5415+
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7502

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3248
2189
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
44674
80300
Name Intel Xeon Gold 5415+ AMD EPYC 7502
PassMark - Single thread mark 3248 2189
PassMark - CPU mark 44674 80300

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 5415+ AMD EPYC 7502

Essentials

Architecture codename Sapphire Rapids Zen 2
Launch date 10 Jan 2023 7 Aug 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $1076 $2600
Place in performance rating 228 215
Processor Number 5415+ 7502
Series 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors 7002
Vertical segment Server Server
Family EPYC
OPN PIB 100-100000054WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000054

Performance

Base frequency 2.90 GHz 2.5 GHz
L1 cache 80K (per core) 2 MB
L2 cache 2MB (per core) 16 MB
L3 cache 22.5 MB (shared) 128 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm
Maximum core temperature 78
Maximum frequency 4.10 GHz 3.35 GHz
Number of cores 8 32
Number of threads 16 64
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 8 8
Maximum memory size 4 TB 4 TB
Supported memory types Up to DDR5 4400 MT/s 1DPC and 2DPC, DDR4-3200
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth 204.8 GB/s

Compatibility

Package Size 77.5mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA4677 SP3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 180 Watt
Socket Count 1P/2P

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 80 128
PCI Express revision 5 4.0
Scalability 2S
PCIe configurations x16, x8

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Instruction set extensions Intel AMX, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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™)