Intel Xeon Gold 6334 vs AMD EPYC 7502P

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6334 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 6334

AMD EPYC 7502P

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6334

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 10% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 TB vs 4 TB
Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 180 Watt
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2516 vs 1989

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 Apr 2021 vs 7 Aug 2019
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
Maximum memory size	6 TB vs 4 TB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2516 vs 1989

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7502P

24 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 8
48 more threads: 64 vs 16
4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
7.1x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 50298 vs 34757

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	32 vs 8
Number of threads	64 vs 16
L1 cache	2 MB vs 512 KB
L2 cache	16 MB vs 8 MB
L3 cache	128 MB vs 18 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	50298 vs 34757

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6334
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7502P

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2516

1989

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

34757

50298

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 6334	AMD EPYC 7502P
PassMark - Single thread mark	2516	1989
PassMark - CPU mark	34757	50298

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 6334	AMD EPYC 7502P
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ice Lake
Launch date	6 Apr 2021	7 Aug 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$2214	$2300
Place in performance rating	501	521
Processor Number	6334	7502P
Series	3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	7002
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		EPYC
Performance
Base frequency	3.60 GHz	2.5 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB	2 MB
L2 cache	8 MB	16 MB
L3 cache	18 MB	128 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	69°C
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz	3.35 GHz
Number of cores	8	32
Number of threads	16	64
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	3
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	8	8
Maximum memory size	6 TB	4 TB
Supported memory frequency	3200 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR4-3200
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		190.7 GB/s
Compatibility
Package Size	77.5mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA4189	SP3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	180 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	64	128
PCI Express revision	4.0	4.0
Scalability	2S
PCIe configurations		x16, x8
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Advanced Technologies
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™)