Intel Xeon Gold 5415+ vs AMD EPYC 7532

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5415+ and AMD EPYC 7532 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 5415+

AMD EPYC 7532

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5415+

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 24% higher clock speed: 4.10 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 200 Watt
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3248 vs 2139

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Jan 2023 vs 19 Feb 2020
Maximum frequency	4.10 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 200 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3248 vs 2139

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7532

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
11.4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 82196 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	256 MB vs 22.5 MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	82196 vs 44674

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5415+
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7532

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3248

2139

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

44674

82196

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 5415+	AMD EPYC 7532
PassMark - Single thread mark	3248	2139
PassMark - CPU mark	44674	82196

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 5415+	AMD EPYC 7532
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sapphire Rapids	Zen 2
Launch date	10 Jan 2023	19 Feb 2020
Launch price (MSRP)	$1076
Place in performance rating	228	211
Processor Number	5415+
Series	4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Vertical segment	Server	Server
OPN PIB		100-000000136WOF
OPN Tray		100-000000136
Performance
Base frequency	2.90 GHz	2.4 GHz
L1 cache	80K (per core)	2 MB
L2 cache	2MB (per core)	16 MB
L3 cache	22.5 MB (shared)	256 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	7 nm, 14 nm
Maximum core temperature	78
Maximum frequency	4.10 GHz	3.3 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		190.7 GB/s
Compatibility
Package Size	77.5mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA4677	SP3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	200 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™)