Intel Xeon Gold 6418H vs AMD EPYC 7543

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6418H and AMD EPYC 7543 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6418H

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 8% higher clock speed: 4 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
  • Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 185 Watt vs 240 Watt
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2901 vs 2638
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Jan 2023 vs 15 Mar 2021
Maximum frequency 4 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 185 Watt vs 240 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2901 vs 2638

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7543

  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 24
  • 16 more threads: 64 vs 48
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm+ vs 10 nm
  • Around 7% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 349525.3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 4473924.3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 98541 vs 84526
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 32 vs 24
Number of threads 64 vs 48
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm+ vs 10 nm
L1 cache 2 MB vs 80K (per core)
L2 cache 16 MB vs 2MB (per core)
L3 cache 256 MB vs 60MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 98541 vs 84526

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6418H
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7543

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2901
2638
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
84526
98541
Name Intel Xeon Gold 6418H AMD EPYC 7543
PassMark - Single thread mark 2901 2638
PassMark - CPU mark 84526 98541

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 6418H AMD EPYC 7543

Essentials

Launch date 10 Jan 2023 15 Mar 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $2065 $3761
Place in performance rating 88 75
Architecture codename Zen 3
OPN PIB 100-100000345WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000345
Vertical segment Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.1 GHz 2.8 GHz
L1 cache 80K (per core) 2 MB
L2 cache 2MB (per core) 16 MB
L3 cache 60MB 256 MB
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 7 nm+
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 81°C
Maximum frequency 4 GHz 3.7 GHz
Number of cores 24 32
Number of threads 48 64
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Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5-4800 MHz, Eight-channel DDR4-3200
Max memory channels 8
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.73 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4
Sockets supported 4677 SP3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 185 Watt 240 Watt
Configurable TDP 225-240 Watt
Socket Count 1P/2P

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 5, 80 Lanes, (CPU only)
Max number of PCIe lanes 128
PCI Express revision 4.0

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)