Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y vs AMD EPYC 7551

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y 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 4410Y

AMD EPYC 7551

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y

CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 30% higher clock speed: 3.90 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: 3052 vs 1789

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Jan 2023 vs June 2017
Maximum frequency	3.90 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	3052 vs 1789

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7551

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
20 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 12
40 more threads: 64 vs 24
3.2x 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
2.1x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 57865 vs 43625

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	32 vs 12
Number of threads	64 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)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	57865 vs 43625

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3052

1789

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

43625

57865

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y	AMD EPYC 7551
PassMark - Single thread mark	3052	1789
PassMark - CPU mark	43625	57865
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2956
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		20125

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y	AMD EPYC 7551
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sapphire Rapids	Zen
Launch date	10 Jan 2023	June 2017
Launch price (MSRP)	$573
Place in performance rating	280	258
Processor Number	4410Y
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	2.00 GHz	2 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	3 GHz
Number of cores	12	32
Number of threads	24	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™)