Intel Xeon Gold 5415+ vs AMD EPYC 7F52

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5415+ and AMD EPYC 7F52 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 7F52

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5415+

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 5% higher clock speed: 4.10 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 240 Watt
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3194 vs 2439

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Jan 2023 vs 14 Apr 2020
Maximum frequency	4.10 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 240 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3194 vs 2439

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7F52

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 8
16 more threads: 32 vs 16
Around 60% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
524288x 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 53% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 64806 vs 42344

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 8
Number of threads	32 vs 16
L1 cache	1 MB vs 80K (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB vs 2MB (per core)
L3 cache	256 MB vs 22.5 MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	64806 vs 42344

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5415+
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7F52

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3194

2439

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

42344

64806

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 5415+	AMD EPYC 7F52
PassMark - Single thread mark	3194	2439
PassMark - CPU mark	42344	64806

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 5415+	AMD EPYC 7F52
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sapphire Rapids	Zen 2
Launch date	10 Jan 2023	14 Apr 2020
Launch price (MSRP)	$1076	$3100
Place in performance rating	247	258
Processor Number	5415+
Series	4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Vertical segment	Server	Server
OPN PIB		100-000000140WOF
OPN Tray		100-000000140
Performance
Base frequency	2.90 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	80K (per core)	1 MB
L2 cache	2MB (per core)	8 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	3.9 GHz
Number of cores	8	16
Number of threads	16	32
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		190.73 GB/s
Compatibility
Package Size	77.5mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA4677	SP3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	240 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™)