EPYC 7451 vs Xeon Silver 4116

General info

Comparing Xeon Silver 4116 and EPYC 7451 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	703	341
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	7.66	2.37
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	AMD EPYC
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Naples (2017−2018)
Release date	11 July 2017 (6 years old)	29 June 2017 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,002	$2,400
Current price	$665 (0.7x MSRP)	$2768 (1.2x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4116 has 223% better value for money than EPYC 7451.

Technical specs

Xeon Silver 4116 and EPYC 7451 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	12 (Dodeca-Core)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	24	48
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	3.2 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	96K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	16.5 MB (shared)	64 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	no data	192 mm2
Maximum core temperature	76 °C	no data
Number of transistors	8,000 million	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4116 and EPYC 7451 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	2 (Multiprocessor)	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA3647	TR4
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	180 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4116 and EPYC 7451. 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
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Launched	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4116 and EPYC 7451 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 Silver 4116 and EPYC 7451 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4116 and EPYC 7451. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4 Eight-channel
Maximum memory size	768 GB	2 TiB
Max memory channels	6	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	170.671 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4116 and EPYC 7451.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	128

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 7451 outperforms Xeon Silver 4116 by 71% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	9.87	16.88
Physical cores	12	24
Threads	24	48
Cost	$1002	$2400
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	180 Watt

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