Xeon Gold 5317 vs EPYC 7402

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Aggregate performance score

EPYC 7402
2019
24 cores / 48 threads, 180 Watt
29.76
+68%

EPYC 7402 outperforms Xeon Gold 5317 by an impressive 68% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing EPYC 7402 and Xeon Gold 5317 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking133323
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation26.6518.58
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesAMD EPYCno data
Architecture codenameZen 2 (2019−2020)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date7 August 2019 (4 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,783no data
Current price$890 (0.5x MSRP)$1494

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

EPYC 7402 has 43% better value for money than Xeon Gold 5317.

Detailed specifications

EPYC 7402 and Xeon Gold 5317 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads4824
Base clock speed2.8 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.35 GHz3.6 GHz
L1 cache96K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache128 MB (shared)18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm, 14 nm10 nm
Die size192 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data84 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data84 °C
Number of transistors4,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 7402 and Xeon Gold 5317 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration2 (Multiprocessor)2
SocketTR4FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)180 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7402 and Xeon Gold 5317. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSXno data+
Statusno dataLaunched

Security technologies

EPYC 7402 and Xeon Gold 5317 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 7402 and Xeon Gold 5317 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 7402 and Xeon Gold 5317. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Eight-channelDDR4-2933
Maximum memory size4 TiB6 TB
Max memory channels88
Maximum memory bandwidth204.763 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 7402 and Xeon Gold 5317.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data64

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

EPYC 7402 29.76
+68%
Xeon Gold 5317 17.71

EPYC 7402 outperforms Xeon Gold 5317 by 68% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

EPYC 7402 46028
+68.1%
Xeon Gold 5317 27387

EPYC 7402 outperforms Xeon Gold 5317 by 68% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

EPYC 7402 1318
+4.6%
Xeon Gold 5317 1260

EPYC 7402 outperforms Xeon Gold 5317 by 5% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

EPYC 7402 11287
+15.1%
Xeon Gold 5317 9808

EPYC 7402 outperforms Xeon Gold 5317 by 15% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 29.76 17.71
Recency 7 August 2019 6 April 2021
Physical cores 24 12
Threads 48 24
Chip lithography 7 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 180 Watt 150 Watt

The EPYC 7402 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Gold 5317 in performance tests.


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