Intel Xeon Gold 5415+ vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5945WX

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5415+ and AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5945WX 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 10 month(s) later
  • Around 87% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 280 Watt
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 44674 vs 40514
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Jan 2023 vs 8 Mar 2022
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 280 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 44674 vs 40514

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5945WX

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
  • 8 more threads: 24 vs 16
  • Around 10% higher clock speed: 4.5 GHz vs 4.10 GHz
  • Around 20% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 393216x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.8x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3357 vs 3248
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 12 vs 8
Number of threads 24 vs 16
Maximum frequency 4.5 GHz vs 4.10 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB vs 80K (per core)
L2 cache 6 MB vs 2MB (per core)
L3 cache 64 MB vs 22.5 MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3357 vs 3248

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5415+
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5945WX

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3248
3357
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
44674
40514
Name Intel Xeon Gold 5415+ AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5945WX
PassMark - Single thread mark 3248 3357
PassMark - CPU mark 44674 40514

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 5415+ AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5945WX

Essentials

Architecture codename Sapphire Rapids Zen 3
Launch date 10 Jan 2023 8 Mar 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $1076
Place in performance rating 228 229
Processor Number 5415+
Series 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Vertical segment Server
OPN Tray 100-000000448

Performance

Base frequency 2.90 GHz 4.1 GHz
L1 cache 80K (per core) 768 KB
L2 cache 2MB (per core) 6 MB
L3 cache 22.5 MB (shared) 64 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 7 nm
Maximum core temperature 78
Maximum frequency 4.10 GHz 4.5 GHz
Number of cores 8 12
Number of threads 16 24
Die size 81 mm²
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 95 °C
Transistor count 16600 million
Unlocked

Memory

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

Compatibility

Package Size 77.5mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA4677 WRX8
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 280 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 80 128
PCI Express revision 5 4.0
Scalability 2S

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
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
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™)