AMD Epyc 7401 vs Intel Xeon E-2234. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Epyc 7001 Intel Xeon E
• Family
  AMD Epyc Intel Xeon E
• Generation
  1 8
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2 GHz 3.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  24 4
• CPU Threads
  48 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3 GHz 4.8 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (24 Cores)
  2.8 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 4 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  no iGPU no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon E-2234 and AMD Epyc 7401. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  - 128 GB
• Memory channels
  8 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2666 DDR4-2666
• PCIe lanes
  128 16
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Epyc 7401 and Intel Xeon E-2234 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  170 W 71 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Epyc 7401 and Intel Xeon E-2234, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Naples (Zen) Coffee Lake S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  64.00 MB 8.00 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2017 Q2/2019
• Socket
  SP3 LGA 1151-2
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d