AMD EPYC 7501 vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4

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Combined performance score

Xeon E5-2696 v4
16.08

EPYC 7501 outperforms Xeon E5-2696 v4 by 1% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Xeon E5-2696 v4 and EPYC 7501 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking367360
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money4.572.42
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E5AMD EPYC
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Naples (2017−2018)
Release date20 June 2016 (7 years old)29 June 2017 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$3,400
Current price$1648 $2598 (0.8x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E5-2696 v4 has 89% better value for money than EPYC 7501.

Technical specs

Xeon E5-2696 v4 and EPYC 7501 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 cores22 (Docosa-Core)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads4464
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3 GHz
Bus support2 × 9.6 GT/sno data
L1 cacheno data96K (per core)
L2 cache5.5 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache55 MB64 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size456.12 mm2192 mm2
Number of transistors7200 Million4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2696 v4 and EPYC 7501 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 (Multiprocessor)
Socketno dataTR4
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt170 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2696 v4 and EPYC 7501. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
TSX+no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2696 v4 and EPYC 7501 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2696 v4 and EPYC 7501 are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2696 v4 and EPYC 7501. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4 Eight-channel
Maximum memory size1,536 GB2 TiB
Max memory channelsno data8
Maximum memory bandwidthno data170.671 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2696 v4 and EPYC 7501.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes40128

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.

Xeon E5-2696 v4 16.08
EPYC 7501 16.23
+0.9%

EPYC 7501 outperforms Xeon E5-2696 v4 by 1% in our combined 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%

Xeon E5-2696 v4 24691
EPYC 7501 24925
+0.9%

EPYC 7501 outperforms Xeon E5-2696 v4 by 1% 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%

Xeon E5-2696 v4 1051
+44.8%
EPYC 7501 726

Xeon E5-2696 v4 outperforms EPYC 7501 by 45% 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%

Xeon E5-2696 v4 7981
+22.2%
EPYC 7501 6529

Xeon E5-2696 v4 outperforms EPYC 7501 by 22% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 16.08 16.23
Recency 20 June 2016 29 June 2017
Physical cores 22 32
Threads 44 64
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 170 Watt

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2696 v4 and EPYC 7501. The differences in performance seem too small.


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