Intel Xeon Silver 4112 vs AMD EPYC 7281

Head-to-head processor comparison

Aggregated Scores

Combined benchmark scores for both processors


Overall Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

4,934

Rank #920

vs
5,201

Rank #707

4,934
5,201

EPYC 7281 wins by 5.1% (Rank #920 vs #707)

Singlecore Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

5,004

Rank #938

vs
4,775

Rank #1,087

5,004
4,775

Xeon Silver 4112 wins by 4.6% (Rank #938 vs #1087)

Multicore Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

4,829

Rank #809

vs
5,841

Rank #273

4,829
5,841

EPYC 7281 wins by 17.3% (Rank #809 vs #273)

Number Crunching

Out of 1,771 results in the database

4,664

Rank #777

vs
5,182

Rank #286

4,664
5,182

EPYC 7281 wins by 10% (Rank #777 vs #286)

Data Processing

Out of 1,771 results in the database

4,643

Rank #805

vs
5,647

Rank #173

4,643
5,647

EPYC 7281 wins by 17.8% (Rank #805 vs #173)

Physics & Compute

Out of 1,771 results in the database

4,718

Rank #708

vs
5,024

Rank #380

4,718
5,024

EPYC 7281 wins by 6.1% (Rank #708 vs #380)


Specifications

Side-by-side comparison of key specifications


Specification Xeon Silver 4112 EPYC 7281 Diff
Cores
4
16
-75%
Threads
8
32
-75%
Base Frequency
2,600 MHz
2,100 MHz
+19.2%
Turbo Frequency (1 core)
3,000 MHz
2,700 MHz
+10%
Turbo Frequency (2 cores) --
2,700 MHz
Turbo Frequency (3 cores) --
2,700 MHz
Turbo Frequency (4 cores) --
2,700 MHz
Clock Multiplier
26x
21x
+19.2%
L1 Cache
256 KB
1,536 KB
-83.3%
L2 Cache
4 MiB
8 MiB
-50%
L3 Cache
8 MiB
32 MiB
-74.2%
Memory Channels
6
8
-25%
Maximum Memory
768 GB
2,048 GB
-62.5%
Max Bandwidth
107 GB/s
159 GB/s
-32.5%
Max CPUs
2
2
0%
TDP (lower is better)
85 W
155 W
45.2% less
Process (lower is better)
14 nm
14 nm
0%

General Information

Specification Xeon Silver 4112 EPYC 7281
Designer Intel AMD
Family Xeon EPYC
Series 4000 7000
Model Number 4112 7281
Microarchitecture Skylake Zen
Core Name Skylake Naples
Core Family 6 23
Core Model -- 1
Socket Socket P and LGA-3647 Socket
Package FCLGA-3647 FCLGA-4094
Chipset Lewisburg --
Memory Type DDR4-2400 DDR4-2666 and DDR4-2400
ECC Support Yes Yes
Market Segment Server Server
Release Price $473.00 $650.00
Locked Multiplier Yes No

Designer

Xeon Silver 4112
Intel
EPYC 7281
AMD

Family

Xeon Silver 4112
Xeon
EPYC 7281
EPYC

Series

Xeon Silver 4112
4000
EPYC 7281
7000

Model Number

Xeon Silver 4112
4112
EPYC 7281
7281

Microarchitecture

Xeon Silver 4112
Skylake
EPYC 7281
Zen

Core Name

Xeon Silver 4112
Skylake
EPYC 7281
Naples

Core Family

Xeon Silver 4112
6
EPYC 7281
23

Core Model

Xeon Silver 4112
--
EPYC 7281
1

Socket

Xeon Silver 4112
Socket P and LGA-3647
EPYC 7281
Socket

Package

Xeon Silver 4112
FCLGA-3647
EPYC 7281
FCLGA-4094

Chipset

Xeon Silver 4112
Lewisburg
EPYC 7281
--

Memory Type

Xeon Silver 4112
DDR4-2400
EPYC 7281
DDR4-2666 and DDR4-2400

ECC Support

Xeon Silver 4112
Yes
EPYC 7281
Yes

Market Segment

Xeon Silver 4112
Server
EPYC 7281
Server

Release Price

Xeon Silver 4112
$473.00
EPYC 7281
$650.00

Locked Multiplier

Xeon Silver 4112
Yes
EPYC 7281
No

Physical Specifications

Manufacturing process and die characteristics


Specification Xeon Silver 4112 EPYC 7281
Process 14 nm 14 nm
Die Area -- 213 mm²
Transistor Count -- 19.20 billion
Manufacturer Intel GlobalFoundries
Technology CMOS CMOS
Word Size 64-bit 64-bit
ISA x86-64 (x86) x86-64 (x86)

Process

Xeon Silver 4112
14 nm
EPYC 7281
14 nm

Die Area

Xeon Silver 4112
--
EPYC 7281
213 mm²

Transistor Count

Xeon Silver 4112
--
EPYC 7281
19.20 billion

Manufacturer

Xeon Silver 4112
Intel
EPYC 7281
GlobalFoundries

Technology

Xeon Silver 4112
CMOS
EPYC 7281
CMOS

Word Size

Xeon Silver 4112
64-bit
EPYC 7281
64-bit

ISA

Xeon Silver 4112
x86-64 (x86)
EPYC 7281
x86-64 (x86)

CPU Extensions

Supported instruction set extensions comparison


Extension Xeon Silver 4112 EPYC 7281
ABM
ADX
AES
AMD-V
AMD-Vi
AVX
AVX-512
AVX2
AVX512BW
AVX512CD
AVX512DQ
AVX512F
AVX512VL
BMI1
BMI2
CLMUL
EIST
EMMX
EPT
F16C
FMA3
FPU
HT
KPT
MBE Ctrl
MMX
NM
NX
PTT
Protected
RdRand
Real
SEV
SHA
SME
SMM
SMT
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
SSSE3
SST
SenseMI
TBT 2.0
TSME
TSX
TXT
VMD
VT-x
vPro
x86-16
x86-32
x86-64