Intel Xeon Silver 4310 vs AMD EPYC 7501

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4310 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.

Intel Xeon Silver 4310

AMD EPYC 7501

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4310

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 10% higher clock speed: 3.30 GHz vs 3 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 14 nm
Around 42% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 155/170 Watt
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1971 vs 1925
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 34047 vs 24925

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 Apr 2021 vs June 2017
Maximum frequency	3.30 GHz vs 3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 155/170 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1971 vs 1925
PassMark - CPU mark	34047 vs 24925

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7501

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
20 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 12
40 more threads: 64 vs 24
4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
3.6x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	32 vs 12
Number of threads	64 vs 24
L1 cache	96 KB (per core) vs 768 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core) vs 12 MB
L3 cache	64 MB vs 18 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4310
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7501

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1971

1925

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

34047

24925

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4310	AMD EPYC 7501
PassMark - Single thread mark	1971	1925
PassMark - CPU mark	34047	24925

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4310	AMD EPYC 7501
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ice Lake	Zen
Launch date	6 Apr 2021	June 2017
Launch price (MSRP)	$501 - $511
Place in performance rating	829	985
Processor Number	4310
Series	3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	AMD EPYC 7000 Series
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD EPYC
Price now		$4,389.87
Value for money (0-100)		1.27
Performance
Base frequency	2.10 GHz	2 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB	96 KB (per core)
L2 cache	12 MB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	18 MB	64 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	82°C
Maximum frequency	3.30 GHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	12	32
Number of threads	24	64
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
64 bit support
Die size		192 mm
Transistor count		4800 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	8	8
Maximum memory size	6 TB
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz	2400/2666 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR4
Maximum memory bandwidth		307/341 GB/s
Compatibility
Package Size	77.5mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA4189	TR4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	155/170 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Socket Count		1P/2P
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	64
PCI Express revision	4.0	x128
Scalability	2S
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
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™)