Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y vs AMD EPYC 7573X

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y and AMD EPYC 7573X 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 6442Y

AMD EPYC 7573X

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y

CPU is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 11% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 280 Watt
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3004 vs 2650

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Jan 2023 vs 22 Mar 2022
Maximum frequency	4.00 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt vs 280 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3004 vs 2650

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7573X

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 24
16 more threads: 64 vs 48
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
12.8x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 103531 vs 90879

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	32 vs 24
Number of threads	64 vs 48
L1 cache	2 MB vs 80K (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB vs 2MB (per core)
L3 cache	768 MB vs 60 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	103531 vs 90879

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7573X

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3004

2650

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

90879

103531

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y	AMD EPYC 7573X
PassMark - Single thread mark	3004	2650
PassMark - CPU mark	90879	103531

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y	AMD EPYC 7573X
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sapphire Rapids	Zen 3
Launch date	10 Jan 2023	22 Mar 2022
Launch price (MSRP)	$2878	$5590
Place in performance rating	45	44
Processor Number	6442Y
Series	4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Vertical segment	Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.60 GHz	2.8 GHz
L1 cache	80K (per core)	2 MB
L2 cache	2MB (per core)	16 MB
L3 cache	60 MB	768 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	7 nm
Maximum core temperature	79
Maximum frequency	4.00 GHz	3.6 GHz
Number of cores	24	32
Number of threads	48	64
Die size		81 mm²
Transistor count		33200 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	8	8
Maximum memory size	4 TB
Supported memory types	Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s 1DPC, Up to DDR5 4400 MT/s 2DPC,	DDR4-3200
ECC memory support
Compatibility
Package Size	77.5mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA4677	SP3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	280 Watt
Configurable TDP		225-280 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	80	128
PCI Express revision	5	4.0
Scalability	2S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
Instruction set extensions	Intel AMX, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units	2
Speed Shift technology
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)