Intel Xeon Silver 4214 vs AMD EPYC 7251

Head-to-head processor comparison

Aggregated Scores

Combined benchmark scores for both processors


Overall Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

5,018

Rank #862

vs
5,119

Rank #777

5,018
5,119

EPYC 7251 wins by 2% (Rank #862 vs #777)

Singlecore Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

5,063

Rank #902

vs
5,034

Rank #922

5,063
5,034

Xeon Silver 4214 wins by 0.6% (Rank #902 vs #922)

Multicore Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

4,950

Rank #677

vs
5,246

Rank #492

4,950
5,246

EPYC 7251 wins by 5.6% (Rank #677 vs #492)

Number Crunching

Out of 1,771 results in the database

5,042

Rank #359

vs
4,912

Rank #433

5,042
4,912

Xeon Silver 4214 wins by 2.6% (Rank #359 vs #433)

Data Processing

Out of 1,771 results in the database

5,095

Rank #375

vs
5,120

Rank #359

5,095
5,120

EPYC 7251 wins by 0.5% (Rank #375 vs #359)

Physics & Compute

Out of 1,771 results in the database

5,118

Rank #333

vs
4,965

Rank #415

5,118
4,965

Xeon Silver 4214 wins by 3% (Rank #333 vs #415)


Specifications

Side-by-side comparison of key specifications


Specification Xeon Silver 4214 EPYC 7251 Diff
Cores
12
8
+33.3%
Threads
24
16
+33.3%
Base Frequency
2,200 MHz
2,100 MHz
+4.5%
Turbo Frequency (1 core)
3,200 MHz
2,900 MHz
+9.4%
Turbo Frequency (2 cores) --
2,900 MHz
Turbo Frequency (3 cores) --
2,900 MHz
Turbo Frequency (4 cores) --
2,900 MHz
Clock Multiplier
22x
21x
+4.5%
L1 Cache
768 KB
768 KB
0%
L2 Cache
12 MiB
4 MiB
+66.7%
L3 Cache
17 MiB
32 MiB
-48.4%
Memory Channels
6
8
-25%
Maximum Memory
1,024 GB
2,048 GB
-50%
Max Bandwidth
107 GB/s
143 GB/s
-25%
PCIe Lanes
48
--
Max CPUs
2
2
0%
TDP (lower is better)
85 W
120 W
29.2% less
Process (lower is better)
14 nm
14 nm
0%

General Information

Specification Xeon Silver 4214 EPYC 7251
Designer Intel AMD
Family Xeon EPYC
Series 4200 7000
Model Number 4214 7251
Microarchitecture Cascade Lake Zen
Core Name Cascade Lake SP 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 DDR4-2400
ECC Support Yes Yes
PCIe Revision 3.0 --
PCIe Configuration 1x16, x8, x4 --
Market Segment Server Server
Release Price $694.00 $574.00
Locked Multiplier Yes No

Designer

Xeon Silver 4214
Intel
EPYC 7251
AMD

Family

Xeon Silver 4214
Xeon
EPYC 7251
EPYC

Series

Xeon Silver 4214
4200
EPYC 7251
7000

Model Number

Xeon Silver 4214
4214
EPYC 7251
7251

Microarchitecture

Xeon Silver 4214
Cascade Lake
EPYC 7251
Zen

Core Name

Xeon Silver 4214
Cascade Lake SP
EPYC 7251
Naples

Core Family

Xeon Silver 4214
6
EPYC 7251
23

Core Model

Xeon Silver 4214
--
EPYC 7251
1

Socket

Xeon Silver 4214
Socket P and LGA-3647
EPYC 7251
Socket

Package

Xeon Silver 4214
FCLGA-3647
EPYC 7251
FCLGA-4094

Chipset

Xeon Silver 4214
Lewisburg
EPYC 7251
--

Memory Type

Xeon Silver 4214
DDR4-2400
EPYC 7251
DDR4-2400

ECC Support

Xeon Silver 4214
Yes
EPYC 7251
Yes

PCIe Revision

Xeon Silver 4214
3.0
EPYC 7251
--

PCIe Configuration

Xeon Silver 4214
1x16, x8, x4
EPYC 7251
--

Market Segment

Xeon Silver 4214
Server
EPYC 7251
Server

Release Price

Xeon Silver 4214
$694.00
EPYC 7251
$574.00

Locked Multiplier

Xeon Silver 4214
Yes
EPYC 7251
No

Physical Specifications

Manufacturing process and die characteristics


Specification Xeon Silver 4214 EPYC 7251
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 4214
14 nm
EPYC 7251
14 nm

Die Area

Xeon Silver 4214
--
EPYC 7251
213 mm²

Transistor Count

Xeon Silver 4214
--
EPYC 7251
19.20 billion

Manufacturer

Xeon Silver 4214
Intel
EPYC 7251
GlobalFoundries

Technology

Xeon Silver 4214
CMOS
EPYC 7251
CMOS

Word Size

Xeon Silver 4214
64-bit
EPYC 7251
64-bit

ISA

Xeon Silver 4214
x86-64 (x86)
EPYC 7251
x86-64 (x86)

CPU Extensions

Supported instruction set extensions comparison


Extension Xeon Silver 4214 EPYC 7251
ABM
ADX
AES
AMD-V
AMD-Vi
AVX
AVX-512
AVX2
AVX512BW
AVX512CD
AVX512DQ
AVX512F
AVX512VL
AVX512VNNI
BMI1
BMI2
CLMUL
DL Boost
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-d
VT-x
vPro
x86-16
x86-32
x86-64