AMD EPYC 7232P vs Intel Xeon Silver 4214

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Combined performance score

Xeon Silver 4214
10.54

EPYC 7232P outperforms Xeon Silver 4214 by 5% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Xeon Silver 4214 and EPYC 7232P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking656623
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money8.1310.80
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon SilverAMD EPYC
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Zen 2 (2019−2020)
Release date2 April 2019 (4 years old)7 August 2019 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$694$450
Current price$1180 (1.7x MSRP)$575 (1.3x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

EPYC 7232P has 33% better value for money than Xeon Silver 4214.

Technical specs

Xeon Silver 4214 and EPYC 7232P 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads2416
Base clock speed2.2 GHz3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.2 GHz
L1 cache768 KB96K (per core)
L2 cache12 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache16.5 MB32 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm, 14 nm
Die sizeno data192 mm2
Maximum core temperature77 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4214 and EPYC 7232P 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)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647TR4
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt120 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4214 and EPYC 7232P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
StatusLaunchedno data

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4214 and EPYC 7232P 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 4214 and EPYC 7232P are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno 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 4214 and EPYC 7232P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4 Eight-channel
Maximum memory size1 TB4 TiB
Max memory channels68
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/s204.763 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4214 and EPYC 7232P.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes48no 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.


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 Silver 4214 10.54
EPYC 7232P 11.08
+5.1%

EPYC 7232P outperforms Xeon Silver 4214 by 5% 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 Silver 4214 16190
EPYC 7232P 17017
+5.1%

EPYC 7232P outperforms Xeon Silver 4214 by 5% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 10.54 11.08
Recency 2 April 2019 7 August 2019
Physical cores 12 8
Threads 24 16
Cost $694 $450
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 120 Watt

We couldn't decide between Xeon Silver 4214 and EPYC 7232P. The differences in performance seem too small.


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