Intel Xeon Gold 6262 vs AMD EPYC 7262

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6262 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6262

  • 16 more cores, run more applications at once: 24 vs 8
  • 32 more threads: 48 vs 16
  • Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
  • Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 135 Watt vs 155 Watt
  • Around 39% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 47488 vs 34227
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 24 vs 8
Number of threads 48 vs 16
Maximum frequency 3.60 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 135 Watt vs 155 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 47488 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
  • 3.9x 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 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2023 vs 1886
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
L3 cache 128 MB vs 33 MB
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 1 TB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2023 vs 1886

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6262
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7262

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1886
2023
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
47488
34227
Name Intel Xeon Gold 6262 AMD EPYC 7262
PassMark - Single thread mark 1886 2023
PassMark - CPU mark 47488 34227

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 6262 AMD EPYC 7262

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake Zen 2
Launch date Q2'19 7 Aug 2019
Place in performance rating 692 810
Processor Number 6262
Series 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Vertical segment Server Server
Launch price (MSRP) $575
OPN PIB 100-100000041WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000041

Performance

Base frequency 1.90 GHz 3.2 GHz
L3 cache 33 MB 128 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 7 nm, 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 91°C
Maximum frequency 3.60 GHz 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 24 8
Number of threads 48 16
L1 cache 512 KB
L2 cache 4 MB
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Memory

Max memory channels 6 8
Maximum memory size 1 TB 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
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 135 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 2S
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™)