Intel Xeon Gold 5416S vs AMD EPYC 7742

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5416S and AMD EPYC 7742 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 18% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • Around 48% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3028 vs 2046
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Jan 2023 vs 7 Aug 2019
Maximum frequency 4.00 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3028 vs 2046

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7742

  • 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 51% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 94081 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 94081 vs 62325

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5416S
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7742

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3028
2046
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
62325
94081
Name Intel Xeon Gold 5416S AMD EPYC 7742
PassMark - Single thread mark 3028 2046
PassMark - CPU mark 62325 94081

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 5416S AMD EPYC 7742

Essentials

Architecture codename Sapphire Rapids Zen 2
Launch date 10 Jan 2023 7 Aug 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $944
Place in performance rating 157 159
Processor Number 5416S
Series 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.00 GHz 2.25 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 3.4 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 190.7 GB/s

Compatibility

Package Size 77.5mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA4677 SP3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 225 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2

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™)