Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y vs AMD EPYC 72F3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y and AMD EPYC 72F3 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 4410Y

AMD EPYC 72F3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
8 more threads: 24 vs 16
Around 88% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 180 Watt
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3147 vs 3034

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Jan 2023 vs 15 Mar 2021
Number of cores	12 vs 8
Number of threads	24 vs 16
L1 cache	80K (per core) vs 512 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3147 vs 3034

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 72F3

Around 5% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 3.90 GHz
174762.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
8.5x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 50017 vs 49077

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz vs 3.90 GHz
L2 cache	4 MB vs 2MB (per core)
L3 cache	256 MB vs 30 MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	50017 vs 49077

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 72F3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3147

3034

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

49077

50017

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y	AMD EPYC 72F3
PassMark - Single thread mark	3147	3034
PassMark - CPU mark	49077	50017

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y	AMD EPYC 72F3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sapphire Rapids	Milan
Launch date	10 Jan 2023	15 Mar 2021
Launch price (MSRP)	$573	$2468
Place in performance rating	171	192
Processor Number	4410Y
Series	4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Vertical segment	Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.00 GHz	3.7 GHz
L1 cache	80K (per core)	512 KB
L2 cache	2MB (per core)	4 MB
L3 cache	30 MB (shared)	256 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	7 nm
Maximum core temperature	78
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz	4.1 GHz
Number of cores	12	8
Number of threads	24	16
Die size		81 mm²
Transistor count		33200 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
ECC memory support
Supported memory frequency		3200 MHz
Compatibility
Package Size	77.5mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA4677	SP3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	180 Watt
Configurable TDP		165-200 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	80	128
PCI Express revision	5	4.0
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
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™)