Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y vs AMD EPYC 7763

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y and AMD EPYC 7763 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 6444Y

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 14% higher clock speed: 4 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
  • Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 270 Watt vs 280 Watt
  • Around 33% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3326 vs 2509
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Jan 2023 vs 15 Mar 2021
Maximum frequency 4 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 270 Watt vs 280 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3326 vs 2509

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7763

  • 48 more cores, run more applications at once: 64 vs 16
  • 96 more threads: 128 vs 32
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm+ vs 10 nm
  • 3.2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 1048576x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 5965232.4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 41% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 115666 vs 82257
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 64 vs 16
Number of threads 128 vs 32
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm+ vs 10 nm
L1 cache 4 MB vs 80K (per core)
L2 cache 32 MB vs 2MB (per core)
L3 cache 256 MB vs 45MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 115666 vs 82257

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7763

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3326
2509
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
82257
115666
Name Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y AMD EPYC 7763
PassMark - Single thread mark 3326 2509
PassMark - CPU mark 82257 115666

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y AMD EPYC 7763

Essentials

Launch date 10 Jan 2023 15 Mar 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $1517 $7890
Place in performance rating 43 31
Architecture codename Zen 3
OPN PIB 100-100000312WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000312
Vertical segment Server

Performance

Base frequency 3.6 GHz 2.45 GHz
L1 cache 80K (per core) 4 MB
L2 cache 2MB (per core) 32 MB
L3 cache 45MB 256 MB
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 7 nm+
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 75°C
Maximum frequency 4 GHz 3.5 GHz
Number of cores 16 64
Number of threads 32 128
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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 2
Sockets supported 4677 SP3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 270 Watt 280 Watt
Configurable TDP 225-280 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™)