EPYC 7662 vs Xeon Gold 5320H
Aggregate performance score
EPYC 7662 outperforms Xeon Gold 5320H by a whopping 128% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 373 | 72 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | no data | AMD EPYC |
| Power efficiency | 5.09 | 7.73 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Cooper Lake-SP (2021) | Zen 2 (2017−2020) |
| Release date | 6 April 2021 (4 years ago) | 19 February 2020 (5 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Xeon Gold 5320H and EPYC 7662 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 cores | 20 (Icosa-Core) | 64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core) |
| Threads | 40 | 128 |
| Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.2 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 20 |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 4 MB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | 32 MB |
| L3 cache | 27.5 MB (shared) | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm, 14 nm |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 5320H and EPYC 7662 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 configuration | 4 | no data |
| Socket | FCLGA4189 | Socket SP3 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 225 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5320H and EPYC 7662. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon Gold 5320H and EPYC 7662 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5320H and EPYC 7662 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5320H and EPYC 7662. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 RDIMM | DDR4-3200 |
| Maximum memory size | 1.12 TB | 4 TiB |
| Max memory channels | 6 | 8 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 204.763 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5320H and EPYC 7662.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | no data |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 18.05 | 41.14 |
| Recency | 6 April 2021 | 19 February 2020 |
| Physical cores | 20 | 64 |
| Threads | 40 | 128 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 225 Watt |
Xeon Gold 5320H has an age advantage of 1 year, and 50% lower power consumption.
EPYC 7662, on the other hand, has a 127.9% higher aggregate performance score, 220% more physical cores and 220% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
The AMD EPYC 7662 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon Gold 5320H in performance tests.
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