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.

 

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
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2810 vs 2741
Specifications (specs)
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
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2810 vs 2741

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 3% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 66687 vs 64992
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 - CPU mark 66687 vs 64992

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2810
2741
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
64992
66687
Name Intel Xeon Silver 4416+ AMD EPYC 7543P
PassMark - Single thread mark 2810 2741
PassMark - CPU mark 64992 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 186 189
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
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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™)