Intel Xeon Gold 6262 vs AMD EPYC 7502P

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6262 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.

Intel Xeon Gold 6262

AMD EPYC 7502P

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

Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	135 Watt vs 180 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7502P

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 24
16 more threads: 64 vs 48
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 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1989 vs 1805
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 50298 vs 47512

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	32 vs 24
Number of threads	64 vs 48
L3 cache	128 MB vs 33 MB
Maximum memory size	4 TB vs 1 TB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1989 vs 1805
PassMark - CPU mark	50298 vs 47512

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6262
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7502P

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1805

1989

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

47512

50298

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 6262	AMD EPYC 7502P
PassMark - Single thread mark	1805	1989
PassMark - CPU mark	47512	50298

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 6262	AMD EPYC 7502P
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake
Launch date	Q2'19	7 Aug 2019
Place in performance rating	617	517
Processor Number	6262	7502P
Series	2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	7002
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		EPYC
Launch price (MSRP)		$2300
Performance
Base frequency	1.90 GHz	2.5 GHz
L3 cache	33 MB	128 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	91°C
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz	3.35 GHz
Number of cores	24	32
Number of threads	48	64
L1 cache		2 MB
L2 cache		16 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
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™)