Intel Xeon Silver 4216 vs AMD EPYC 7501

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4216 and AMD EPYC 7501 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4216

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 7% higher clock speed: 3.20 GHz vs 3 GHz
  • Around 70% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 155/170 Watt
  • Around 21% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 30184 vs 24925
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 Apr 2019 vs June 2017
Maximum frequency 3.20 GHz vs 3 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 155/170 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 30184 vs 24925

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7501

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 16 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 16
  • 32 more threads: 64 vs 32
  • 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2.9x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1925 vs 1780
Specifications (specs)
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 32 vs 16
Number of threads 64 vs 32
L1 cache 96 KB (per core) vs 1 MB
L3 cache 64 MB vs 22 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1925 vs 1780

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4216
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7501

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1780
1925
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
30184
24925
Name Intel Xeon Silver 4216 AMD EPYC 7501
PassMark - Single thread mark 1780 1925
PassMark - CPU mark 30184 24925

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Silver 4216 AMD EPYC 7501

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake Zen
Launch date 2 Apr 2019 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $1002-1012
Place in performance rating 979 985
Processor Number 4216
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD EPYC
Price now $4,389.87
Series AMD EPYC 7000 Series
Value for money (0-100) 1.27

Performance

Base frequency 2.10 GHz 2 GHz
L1 cache 1 MB 96 KB (per core)
L2 cache 16 MB 512 KB (per core)
L3 cache 22 MB 64 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 79 °C
Maximum frequency 3.20 GHz 3 GHz
Number of cores 16 32
Number of threads 32 64
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2
64 bit support
Die size 192 mm
Transistor count 4800 million
Unlocked

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 6 8
Maximum memory bandwidth 107.3 GB/s 307/341 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1 TB
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR4
Supported memory frequency 2400/2666 MHz

Compatibility

Sockets supported FCLGA3647 TR4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 155/170 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2
Socket Count 1P/2P

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)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)

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® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Turbo Boost Max 3.0

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™)