Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y vs AMD EPYC 7351

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y and AMD EPYC 7351 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 4410Y

AMD EPYC 7351

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y

CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 34% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 155/170 Watt
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3116 vs 1747
Around 76% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 44678 vs 25431

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Jan 2023 vs June 2017
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 155/170 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3116 vs 1747
PassMark - CPU mark	44678 vs 25431

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7351

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
4 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 12
8 more threads: 32 vs 24
Around 60% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
349525.3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2.1x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	16 vs 12
Number of threads	32 vs 24
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 30 MB (shared)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7351

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3116

1747

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

44678

25431

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y	AMD EPYC 7351
PassMark - Single thread mark	3116	1747
PassMark - CPU mark	44678	25431
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		3547
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		23587

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y	AMD EPYC 7351
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sapphire Rapids	Zen
Launch date	10 Jan 2023	June 2017
Launch price (MSRP)	$573
Place in performance rating	256	263
Processor Number	4410Y
Series	4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	AMD EPYC 7000 Series
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD EPYC
Performance
Base frequency	2.00 GHz	2.4 GHz
L1 cache	80K (per core)	96 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2MB (per core)	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	30 MB (shared)	64 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	78
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz	2.9 GHz
Number of cores	12	16
Number of threads	24	32
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		307/341 GB/s
Supported memory frequency		2400/2666 MHz
Compatibility
Package Size	77.5mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA4677	TR4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	155/170 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™)