Intel Xeon Silver 4310 vs AMD EPYC 7302P

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4310 and AMD EPYC 7302P 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 4310

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 TB vs 4 TB
  • Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 155 Watt
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1985 vs 1886
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 34340 vs 32669
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 Apr 2021 vs 7 Aug 2019
L2 cache 12 MB vs 8 MB
Maximum memory size 6 TB vs 4 TB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 155 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1985 vs 1886
PassMark - CPU mark 34340 vs 32669

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7302P

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 12
  • 8 more threads: 32 vs 24
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm, 14 nm vs 10 nm
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 7.1x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 16 vs 12
Number of threads 32 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm vs 10 nm
L1 cache 1 MB vs 768 KB
L3 cache 128 MB vs 18 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4310
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7302P

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1985
1886
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
34340
32669
Name Intel Xeon Silver 4310 AMD EPYC 7302P
PassMark - Single thread mark 1985 1886
PassMark - CPU mark 34340 32669

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Silver 4310 AMD EPYC 7302P

Essentials

Architecture codename Ice Lake Zen 2
Launch date 6 Apr 2021 7 Aug 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $501 - $511 $825
Place in performance rating 820 889
Processor Number 4310
Series 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server Server
OPN PIB 100-100000049WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000049

Performance

Base frequency 2.10 GHz 3.0 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB 1 MB
L2 cache 12 MB 8 MB
L3 cache 18 MB 128 MB
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 7 nm, 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 82°C
Maximum frequency 3.30 GHz 3.3 GHz
Number of cores 12 16
Number of threads 24 32
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 8 8
Maximum memory size 6 TB 4 TB
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2667 DDR4-3200
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.7 GB/s

Compatibility

Package Size 77.5mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA4189 SP3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 155 Watt
Socket Count 1P

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 64 128
PCI Express revision 4.0 4.0
Scalability 2S
PCIe configurations x16, x8

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)

Advanced Technologies

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 2
Speed Shift technology
AMD SenseMI
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)

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™)