Intel Xeon Gold 6130H vs AMD EPYC 7262

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6130H and AMD EPYC 7262 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.

Intel Xeon Gold 6130H

AMD EPYC 7262

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6130H

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 8
16 more threads: 32 vs 16
Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 155 Watt
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2229 vs 2023
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 35440 vs 34227

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 8
Number of threads	32 vs 16
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt vs 155 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2229 vs 2023
PassMark - CPU mark	35440 vs 34227

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7262

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
5.8x 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

Manufacturing process technology	7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
L3 cache	128 MB vs 22 MB
Maximum memory size	4 TB vs 768 GB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6130H
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7262

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2229

2023

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

35440

34227

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 6130H	AMD EPYC 7262
PassMark - Single thread mark	2229	2023
PassMark - CPU mark	35440	34227

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 6130H	AMD EPYC 7262
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Zen 2
Launch date	Q3'18	7 Aug 2019
Place in performance rating	702	811
Processor Number	6130H
Series	Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$575
OPN PIB		100-100000041WOF
OPN Tray		100-000000041
Performance
Base frequency	2.10 GHz	3.2 GHz
L3 cache	22 MB	128 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	7 nm, 14 nm
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz	3.4 GHz
Number of cores	16	8
Number of threads	32	16
L1 cache		512 KB
L2 cache		4 MB
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	6	8
Maximum memory size	768 GB	4 TB
Supported memory frequency	2666 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4-3200
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		190.7 GB/s
Compatibility
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt	155 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Sockets supported		SP3
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48	128
PCI Express revision	3.0	4.0
Scalability	S4S
PCIe configurations		x16, x8
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
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™)