Intel Xeon Silver 4410T vs AMD EPYC 7551

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4410T and AMD EPYC 7551 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 4410T

AMD EPYC 7551

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4410T

CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 33% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 3 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 180 Watt
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3013 vs 1762

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Jan 2023 vs June 2017
Maximum frequency	4.00 GHz vs 3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3013 vs 1762

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7551

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
22 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 10
44 more threads: 64 vs 20
3.8x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
838860.8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2.4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 57370 vs 49016

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	32 vs 10
Number of threads	64 vs 20
L1 cache	96 KB (per core) vs 80K (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB (per core) vs 2MB (per core)
L3 cache	64 MB vs 26.25 MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	57370 vs 49016

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4410T
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7551

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3013

1762

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

49016

57370

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4410T	AMD EPYC 7551
PassMark - Single thread mark	3013	1762
PassMark - CPU mark	49016	57370
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2956
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		20125

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4410T	AMD EPYC 7551
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sapphire Rapids	Zen
Launch date	10 Jan 2023	June 2017
Launch price (MSRP)	$624
Place in performance rating	201	226
Processor Number	4410T
Series	4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	AMD EPYC 7000 Series
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD EPYC
Price now		$3,813.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.43
Performance
Base frequency	2.70 GHz	2 GHz
L1 cache	80K (per core)	96 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2MB (per core)	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	26.25 MB (shared)	64 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	84°C
Maximum frequency	4.00 GHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	10	32
Number of threads	20	64
64 bit support
Die size		192 mm
Transistor count		4800 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	8	8
Maximum memory size	4 TB
Supported memory types	Up to DDR5 4000 MT/s 1DPC and 2DPC	DDR4
Maximum memory bandwidth		341 GB/s
Supported memory frequency		2666 MHz
Compatibility
Package Size	77.5mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA4677	TR4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	180 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Socket Count		1P/2P
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	80
PCI Express revision	5	x128
Scalability	2S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
Instruction set extensions	Intel AMX, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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™)