Intel Xeon Silver 4416+ vs AMD EPYC 7543P

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4416+ and AMD EPYC 7543P 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 7543P

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4416+

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 5% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Around 45% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 240 Watt

Launch date	10 Jan 2023 vs 15 Mar 2021
Maximum frequency	3.9 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 240 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7543P

12 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 20
24 more threads: 64 vs 40
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm+ vs 10 nm
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
7255012.3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 66687 vs 65576

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	32 vs 20
Number of threads	64 vs 40
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm+ vs 10 nm
L1 cache	2 MB vs 80K (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB vs 2MB (per core)
L3 cache	256 MB vs 37.5MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2741 vs 2731
PassMark - CPU mark	66687 vs 65576

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4416+
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7543P

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2731

2741

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

65576

66687

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4416+	AMD EPYC 7543P
PassMark - Single thread mark	2731	2741
PassMark - CPU mark	65576	66687

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4416+	AMD EPYC 7543P
Essentials
Launch date	10 Jan 2023	15 Mar 2021
Launch price (MSRP)	$1186	$2730
Place in performance rating	196	188
Architecture codename		Zen 3
OPN PIB		100-100000341WOF
OPN Tray		100-000000341
Vertical segment		Server
Performance
Base frequency	2000 MHz	2.8 GHz
L1 cache	80K (per core)	2 MB
L2 cache	2MB (per core)	16 MB
L3 cache	37.5MB	256 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	7 nm+
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	82°C
Maximum frequency	3.9 GHz	3.7 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		190.73 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	240 Watt
Configurable TDP		225-240 Watt
Socket Count		1P
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 5, 80 Lanes, (CPU only)
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™)