Intel Xeon Gold 5416S vs AMD EPYC 7551

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5416S and AMD EPYC 7551 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Xeon Gold 5416S

AMD EPYC 7551

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5416S

CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 33% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 3 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 180 Watt
Around 60% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2859 vs 1790

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Jan 2023 vs June 2017
Maximum frequency	4.00 GHz vs 3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2859 vs 1790

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7551

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
16 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 16
32 more threads: 64 vs 32
2.4x 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
2.1x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 57841 vs 56185

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	32 vs 16
Number of threads	64 vs 32
L1 cache	96 KB (per core) vs 80K (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB (per core) vs 2MB (per core)
L3 cache	64 MB vs 30 MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	57841 vs 56185

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5416S
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7551

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2859

1790

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

56185

57841

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 5416S	AMD EPYC 7551
PassMark - Single thread mark	2859	1790
PassMark - CPU mark	56185	57841
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2956
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		20125

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 5416S	AMD EPYC 7551
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sapphire Rapids	Zen
Launch date	10 Jan 2023	June 2017
Launch price (MSRP)	$944
Place in performance rating	261	263
Processor Number	5416S
Series	4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	AMD EPYC 7000 Series
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD EPYC
Price now		$3,813.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.43
Performance
Base frequency	2.00 GHz	2 GHz
L1 cache	80K (per core)	96 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2MB (per core)	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	30 MB (shared)	64 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	79
Maximum frequency	4.00 GHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	16	32
Number of threads	32	64
64 bit support
Die size		192 mm
Transistor count		4800 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
Maximum memory bandwidth		341 GB/s
Supported memory frequency		2666 MHz
Compatibility
Package Size	77.5mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA4677	TR4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	180 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Socket Count		1P/2P
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	80
PCI Express revision	5	x128
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
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™)