Intel Xeon Gold 6262 vs AMD EPYC 7402P

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6262 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.

Intel Xeon Gold 6262

AMD EPYC 7402P

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6262

Around 7% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 135 Watt vs 180 Watt
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 47488 vs 44070

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	135 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	47488 vs 44070

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7402P

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 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2030 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	2030 vs 1886

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6262
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7402P

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1886

2030

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

47488

44070

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 6262	AMD EPYC 7402P
PassMark - Single thread mark	1886	2030
PassMark - CPU mark	47488	44070

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 6262	AMD EPYC 7402P
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Zen 2
Launch date	Q2'19	7 Aug 2019
Place in performance rating	691	678
Processor Number	6262
Series	2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$1250
OPN PIB		100-100000048WOF
OPN Tray		100-000000048
Performance
Base frequency	1.90 GHz	2.8 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	3.35 GHz
Number of cores	24	24
Number of threads	48	48
L1 cache		1.5 MB
L2 cache		12 MB
Unlocked
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	180 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
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™)