Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y vs AMD EPYC 7542

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y and AMD EPYC 7542 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 7542

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 15% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3052 vs 2073

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Jan 2023 vs 7 Aug 2019
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3052 vs 2073

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7542

20 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 12
40 more threads: 64 vs 24
2.1x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
699050.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
4.3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 73885 vs 43625

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	32 vs 12
Number of threads	64 vs 24
L1 cache	2 MB vs 80K (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB vs 2MB (per core)
L3 cache	128 MB vs 30 MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	73885 vs 43625

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7542

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3052

2073

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

43625

73885

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y	AMD EPYC 7542
PassMark - Single thread mark	3052	2073
PassMark - CPU mark	43625	73885

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y	AMD EPYC 7542
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sapphire Rapids	Zen 2
Launch date	10 Jan 2023	7 Aug 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$573	$3400
Place in performance rating	280	295
Processor Number	4410Y
Series	4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Vertical segment	Server	Server
OPN PIB		100-100000075WOF
OPN Tray		100-000000075
Performance
Base frequency	2.00 GHz	2.9 GHz
L1 cache	80K (per core)	2 MB
L2 cache	2MB (per core)	16 MB
L3 cache	30 MB (shared)	128 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	7 nm, 14 nm
Maximum core temperature	78
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz	3.4 GHz
Number of cores	12	32
Number of threads	24	64
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	8	8
Maximum memory size	4 TB	4 TB
Supported memory types	Up to DDR5 4000 MT/s 1DPC and 2DPC	DDR4-3200
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		190.7 GB/s
Compatibility
Package Size	77.5mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA4677	SP3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	225 Watt
Socket Count		1P/2P
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™)