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.

 

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 74% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3116 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 3116 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 30% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 57865 vs 44678
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 44678

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3116
1789
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
44678
57865
Name Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y AMD EPYC 7551
PassMark - Single thread mark 3116 1789
PassMark - CPU mark 44678 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 255 258
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™)