EPYC 7402P vs Xeon Platinum 8173M

General info

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8173M and EPYC 7402P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	238	149
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.77	5.26
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Platinum	AMD EPYC
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Zen 2 (2019−2020)
Release date	no data	7 August 2019 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,250
Current price	$1999	$4315 (3.5x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

EPYC 7402P has 583% better value for money than Xeon Platinum 8173M.

Technical specs

Xeon Platinum 8173M and EPYC 7402P 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	28 (Octacosa-Core)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	56	48
Base clock speed	no data	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.1 GHz	3.35 GHz
L1 cache	1.75 MB	1.5 MB
L2 cache	28 MB	12 MB
L3 cache	38.5 MB	128 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm, 14 nm
Die size	no data	192 mm2
Number of transistors	no data	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8173M and EPYC 7402P 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	8 (Multiprocessor)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	Socket P	TR4
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	180 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8173M and EPYC 7402P. 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 Platinum 8173M and EPYC 7402P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8173M and EPYC 7402P are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8173M and EPYC 7402P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4 Eight-channel
Maximum memory size	1,536 GB	4 TiB
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 GB/s	204.763 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8173M and EPYC 7402P.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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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 7402P outperforms Xeon Platinum 8173M by 35% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	20.59	27.87
Physical cores	28	24
Threads	56	48
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm

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