Xeon Gold 5515 vs EPYC 7401P

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Primary details

Comparing EPYC 7401P and Xeon Gold 5515 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking343not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.77no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesAMD EPYCno data
Power efficiency10.00no data
Architecture codenameNaples (2017−2018)no data
Release date20 June 2017 (7 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,075no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

EPYC 7401P and Xeon Gold 5515 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 cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads4816
Base clock speed2 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz4.1 GHz
Multiplier20no data
L1 cache2.25 MBno data
L2 cache12 MBno data
L3 cache64 MB (shared)22.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size213 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data76 °C
Number of transistors19200 Millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 7401P and Xeon Gold 5515 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketTR4FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)155 W, 170 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7401P and Xeon Gold 5515. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

EPYC 7401P and Xeon Gold 5515 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 7401P and Xeon Gold 5515 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 7401P and Xeon Gold 5515. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Eight-channelDDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size2 TiB4 TB
Max memory channels88
Maximum memory bandwidth170.671 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 7401P and Xeon Gold 5515.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes12880

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 June 2017 1 October 2023
Physical cores 24 8
Threads 48 16
Power consumption (TDP) 155 Watt 165 Watt

EPYC 7401P has 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and 6.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5515, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years.

We couldn't decide between EPYC 7401P and Xeon Gold 5515. We've got no test results to judge.


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