Intel Xeon Gold 5416S vs AMD EPYC 7702

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5416S and AMD EPYC 7702 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 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 19% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
  • Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 200 Watt
  • Around 43% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3028 vs 2116
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Jan 2023 vs 7 Aug 2019
Maximum frequency 4.00 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 200 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3028 vs 2116

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7702

  • 48 more cores, run more applications at once: 64 vs 16
  • 96 more threads: 128 vs 32
  • 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
  • 8.5x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 50% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 93307 vs 62325
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 64 vs 16
Number of threads 128 vs 32
L1 cache 4 MB vs 80K (per core)
L2 cache 32 MB vs 2MB (per core)
L3 cache 256 MB vs 30 MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 93307 vs 62325

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5416S
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7702

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3028
2116
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
62325
93307
Name Intel Xeon Gold 5416S AMD EPYC 7702
PassMark - Single thread mark 3028 2116
PassMark - CPU mark 62325 93307

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 5416S AMD EPYC 7702

Essentials

Architecture codename Sapphire Rapids Zen 2
Launch date 10 Jan 2023 7 Aug 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $944 $6450
Place in performance rating 158 153
Processor Number 5416S
Series 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Vertical segment Server Server
OPN PIB 100-100000038WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000038

Performance

Base frequency 2.00 GHz 2.0 GHz
L1 cache 80K (per core) 4 MB
L2 cache 2MB (per core) 32 MB
L3 cache 30 MB (shared) 256 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 7 nm, 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 79
Maximum frequency 4.00 GHz 3.35 GHz
Number of cores 16 64
Number of threads 32 128
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 204.8 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

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)