Intel Xeon Gold 6244 vs AMD EPYC 7502P

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6244 and AMD EPYC 7502P 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 6244

  • Around 31% higher clock speed: 4.40 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 180 Watt
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2565 vs 2017
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 4.40 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2565 vs 2017

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7502P

  • 24 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 8
  • 48 more threads: 64 vs 16
  • 5.2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 1 TB
  • Around 52% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 50818 vs 33502
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 32 vs 8
Number of threads 64 vs 16
L3 cache 128 MB vs 24.75 MB
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 1 TB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 50818 vs 33502

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6244
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7502P

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2565
2017
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
33502
50818
Name Intel Xeon Gold 6244 AMD EPYC 7502P
PassMark - Single thread mark 2565 2017
PassMark - CPU mark 33502 50818

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 6244 AMD EPYC 7502P

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake
Launch date Q2'19 7 Aug 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $3412 $2300
Place in performance rating 584 595
Processor Number 6244 7502P
Series 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors 7002
Vertical segment Server Server
Family EPYC

Performance

Base frequency 3.60 GHz 2.5 GHz
L3 cache 24.75 MB 128 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 74°C
Maximum frequency 4.40 GHz 3.35 GHz
Number of cores 8 32
Number of threads 16 64
L1 cache 2 MB
L2 cache 16 MB
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Memory

Max memory channels 6 8
Maximum memory size 1 TB 4 TB
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2933 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) 150 Watt 180 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48 128
PCI Express revision 3.0 4.0
Scalability 4S
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
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
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™)