Intel Xeon Gold 5420+ vs AMD EPYC 7573X

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5420+ and AMD EPYC 7573X 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 5420+

  • CPU is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • Around 14% higher clock speed: 4.10 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
  • Around 9% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 205 Watt vs 280 Watt
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3048 vs 2650
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Jan 2023 vs 22 Mar 2022
Maximum frequency 4.10 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
L1 cache 80K (per core) vs 2 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 205 Watt vs 280 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3048 vs 2650

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7573X

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 28
  • 8 more threads: 64 vs 56
  • 299593.1x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 14.6x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 103531 vs 87824
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 32 vs 28
Number of threads 64 vs 56
L2 cache 16 MB vs 2MB (per core)
L3 cache 768 MB vs 52.5 MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 103531 vs 87824

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5420+
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7573X

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3048
2650
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
87824
103531
Name Intel Xeon Gold 5420+ AMD EPYC 7573X
PassMark - Single thread mark 3048 2650
PassMark - CPU mark 87824 103531

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 5420+ AMD EPYC 7573X

Essentials

Architecture codename Sapphire Rapids Zen 3
Launch date 10 Jan 2023 22 Mar 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $1848 $5590
Place in performance rating 67 59
Processor Number 5420+
Series 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Vertical segment Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.00 GHz 2.8 GHz
L1 cache 80K (per core) 2 MB
L2 cache 2MB (per core) 16 MB
L3 cache 52.5 MB (shared) 768 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 7 nm
Maximum core temperature 84
Maximum frequency 4.10 GHz 3.6 GHz
Number of cores 28 32
Number of threads 56 64
Die size 81 mm²
Transistor count 33200 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 SP3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 205 Watt 280 Watt
Configurable TDP 225-280 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

Virtualization

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