Intel Xeon Silver 4314 vs AMD EPYC 7402P

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4314 and AMD EPYC 7402P 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 4314

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 1% higher clock speed: 3.40 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
  • Around 33% 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 33% lower typical power consumption: 135 Watt vs 180 Watt
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2112 vs 2030
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 44608 vs 44070
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 Apr 2021 vs 7 Aug 2019
Maximum frequency 3.40 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
L2 cache 16 MB vs 12 MB
Maximum memory size 6 TB vs 4 TB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 135 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2112 vs 2030
PassMark - CPU mark 44608 vs 44070

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7402P

  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 24 vs 16
  • 16 more threads: 48 vs 32
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm, 14 nm vs 10 nm
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 5.3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 24 vs 16
Number of threads 48 vs 32
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm vs 10 nm
L1 cache 1.5 MB vs 1 MB
L3 cache 128 MB vs 24 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4314
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7402P

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2112
2030
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
44608
44070
Name Intel Xeon Silver 4314 AMD EPYC 7402P
PassMark - Single thread mark 2112 2030
PassMark - CPU mark 44608 44070

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Silver 4314 AMD EPYC 7402P

Essentials

Architecture codename Ice Lake Zen 2
Launch date 6 Apr 2021 7 Aug 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $694 - $705 $1250
Place in performance rating 636 676
Processor Number 4314
Series 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server Server
OPN PIB 100-100000048WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000048

Performance

Base frequency 2.40 GHz 2.8 GHz
L1 cache 1 MB 1.5 MB
L2 cache 16 MB 12 MB
L3 cache 24 MB 128 MB
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 7 nm, 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 86°C
Maximum frequency 3.40 GHz 3.35 GHz
Number of cores 16 24
Number of threads 32 48
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2
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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) 135 Watt 180 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

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™)