Intel Xeon Silver 4416+ vs AMD EPYC 7502

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4416+ and AMD EPYC 7502 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Xeon Silver 4416+

AMD EPYC 7502

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4416+

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 16% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 180 Watt
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2676 vs 2189

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Jan 2023 vs 7 Aug 2019
Maximum frequency	3.9 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2676 vs 2189

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7502

12 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 20
24 more threads: 64 vs 40
Around 28% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
419430.4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
3627506.2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 80300 vs 64909

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	32 vs 20
Number of threads	64 vs 40
L1 cache	2 MB vs 80K (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB vs 2MB (per core)
L3 cache	128 MB vs 37.5MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	80300 vs 64909

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4416+
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7502

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2676

2189

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

64909

80300

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4416+	AMD EPYC 7502
PassMark - Single thread mark	2676	2189
PassMark - CPU mark	64909	80300

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4416+	AMD EPYC 7502
Essentials
Launch date	10 Jan 2023	7 Aug 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$1186	$2600
Place in performance rating	166	170
Architecture codename		Zen 2
Family		EPYC
OPN PIB		100-100000054WOF
OPN Tray		100-000000054
Processor Number		7502
Series		7002
Vertical segment		Server
Performance
Base frequency	2000 MHz	2.5 GHz
L1 cache	80K (per core)	2 MB
L2 cache	2MB (per core)	16 MB
L3 cache	37.5MB	128 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	82°C
Maximum frequency	3.9 GHz	3.35 GHz
Number of cores	20	32
Number of threads	40	64
Unlocked
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5-4000 MHz, Eight-channel	DDR4-3200
Max memory channels		8
Maximum memory bandwidth		204.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size		4 TB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2
Sockets supported	4677	SP3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	180 Watt
Socket Count		1P/2P
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 5, 80 Lanes, (CPU only)	x16, x8
Max number of PCIe lanes		128
PCI Express revision		4.0
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)