Intel Xeon Gold 5416S vs AMD EPYC 7453

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5416S and AMD EPYC 7453 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 5416S

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 16% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 3.45 GHz
  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3028 vs 2371
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Jan 2023 vs 15 Mar 2021
Maximum frequency 4.00 GHz vs 3.45 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3028 vs 2371

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7453

  • 12 more cores, run more applications at once: 28 vs 16
  • 24 more threads: 56 vs 32
  • Around 40% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 458752x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.1x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 29% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 80327 vs 62325
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 28 vs 16
Number of threads 56 vs 32
L1 cache 1792 KB vs 80K (per core)
L2 cache 14 MB vs 2MB (per core)
L3 cache 64 MB vs 30 MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 80327 vs 62325

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5416S
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7453

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3028
2371
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
62325
80327
Name Intel Xeon Gold 5416S AMD EPYC 7453
PassMark - Single thread mark 3028 2371
PassMark - CPU mark 62325 80327

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 5416S AMD EPYC 7453

Essentials

Architecture codename Sapphire Rapids Zen 3
Launch date 10 Jan 2023 15 Mar 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $944 $1570
Place in performance rating 157 175
Processor Number 5416S
Series 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Vertical segment Server Server
OPN PIB 100-100000319WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000319

Performance

Base frequency 2.00 GHz 2.75 GHz
L1 cache 80K (per core) 1792 KB
L2 cache 2MB (per core) 14 MB
L3 cache 30 MB (shared) 64 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 7 nm+
Maximum core temperature 79
Maximum frequency 4.00 GHz 3.45 GHz
Number of cores 16 28
Number of threads 32 56
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 225 Watt
Configurable TDP 225-240 Watt
Socket Count 2P

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
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™)