Intel Xeon Gold 6122 vs AMD EPYC 7402P

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6122 and AMD EPYC 7402P 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 6122

  • Around 10% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 180 Watt
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2202 vs 2030
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2202 vs 2030

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7402P

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 24 vs 20
  • 8 more threads: 48 vs 40
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
  • 4.6x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 5.3x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 768 GB
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 44070 vs 40707
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 24 vs 20
Number of threads 48 vs 40
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
L3 cache 128 MB vs 28 MB
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 768 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 44070 vs 40707

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6122
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7402P

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2202
2030
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
40707
44070
Name Intel Xeon Gold 6122 AMD EPYC 7402P
PassMark - Single thread mark 2202 2030
PassMark - CPU mark 40707 44070

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 6122 AMD EPYC 7402P

Essentials

Architecture codename Skylake Zen 2
Launch date Q2'18 7 Aug 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $2002 $1250
Place in performance rating 646 677
Processor Number 6122
Series Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Vertical segment Server Server
OPN PIB 100-100000048WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000048

Performance

Base frequency 1.80 GHz 2.8 GHz
L3 cache 28 MB 128 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 7 nm, 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz 3.35 GHz
Number of cores 20 24
Number of threads 40 48
L1 cache 1.5 MB
L2 cache 12 MB
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Memory

Max memory channels 6 8
Maximum memory size 768 GB 4 TB
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR4-3200
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.7 GB/s

Compatibility

Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 SP3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 180 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48 128
PCI Express revision 3.0 4.0
Scalability 2S
PCIe configurations x16, x8

Security & Reliability

Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Instruction set extensions Intel AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 1
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)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)