Intel Xeon Silver 4209T vs AMD EPYC 7351P

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4209T and AMD EPYC 7351P 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Xeon Silver 4209T

AMD EPYC 7351P

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4209T

Around 10% higher clock speed: 3.20 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
2.4x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 155/170 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 155/170 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7351P

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
8 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 8
16 more threads: 32 vs 16
5.8x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1788 vs 1693
2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 25657 vs 11080

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	16 vs 8
Number of threads	32 vs 16
L3 cache	64 MB vs 11 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1788 vs 1693
PassMark - CPU mark	25657 vs 11080

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4209T
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7351P

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1693

1788

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

11080

25657

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4209T	AMD EPYC 7351P
PassMark - Single thread mark	1693	1788
PassMark - CPU mark	11080	25657
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		708
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		5027

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4209T	AMD EPYC 7351P
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Zen
Launch date	Q2'19	June 2017
Launch price (MSRP)	$563
Place in performance rating	1334	1410
Processor Number	4209T
Series	2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	AMD EPYC 7000 Series
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD EPYC
Price now		$838.77
Value for money (0-100)		5.56
Performance
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	2.4 GHz
L3 cache	11 MB	64 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	91°C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	2.9 GHz
Number of cores	8	16
Number of threads	16	32
64 bit support
Die size		192 mm
L1 cache		96 KB (per core)
L2 cache		512 KB (per core)
Transistor count		4800 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	6	8
Maximum memory size	1 TB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz	2400/2666 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4
Maximum memory bandwidth		307/341 GB/s
Compatibility
Package Size	76.0mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	TR4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	155/170 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Socket Count		1P
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48
PCI Express revision	3.0	x128
Scalability	2S
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	1
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)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)