Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 vs AMD EPYC 7501

What is the difference between Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 and AMD EPYC 7501. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
AMD EPYC 7501
AMD EPYC 7501

Performance (Benchmarks)

745Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score714
6880Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score6473
12956PassMark CPU Mark Rating24925
1760PassMark Single Thread Rating1925

Processor Specs

Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3ProcessorAMD EPYC 7501
2600 MHzFrequency2000 MHz
3300 MHzMaximum Frequency3000 MHz
10Cores32
20Threads64
105 WTDP170 W
HaswellCodenameNaples
FCLGA2011-3PackageSocket SP3 (4094)

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

748Single-Core Score616
8008Multi-Core Score608
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.3.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Ubuntu 21.04Operating SystemLinux 4.19.0-17-amd64 x86_64
Supermicro X10DAiModelQEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
Supermicro X10DAIMotherboardN/A

CPU Specifications

Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3NameAMD EPYC 7501
2 Processors, 20 Cores, 40 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 1 Core
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 63 Stepping 2IdentifierAuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 1 Stepping 2
3.30 GHzBase Frequency2.00 GHz
32.0 KB x 10L1 Instruction Cache64.0 KB x 1
32.0 KB x 10L1 Data Cache64.0 KB x 1
256 KB x 10L2 Cache512 KB x 1
25.0 MB x 1L3 Cache16.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

62.77 GBSize987 MB

Geekbench 5 result (single)

748Single-Core Score616
78Crypto Score1249
769Integer Score558
814Floating Point Score 636
78
135.3 MB/sec		AES-XTS1249
2.13 GB/sec
806
4.08 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)605
3.06 MB/sec
811
38.4 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression595
28.2 Mpixels/sec
832
2.35 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)594
1.68 MTE/sec
803
942.5 KElements/sec		HTML5492
578.3 KElements/sec
789
247.2 Krows/sec		SQLite489
153.2 Krows/sec
716
38.9 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering579
31.4 Mpixels/sec
617
196.7 KB/sec		Text Rendering507
161.7 KB/sec
817
6.36 Klines/sec		Clang573
4.47 Klines/sec
753
8.73 images/sec		Camera610
7.07 images/sec
715
894.9 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics614
767.8 Kpairs/sec
860
5326.5 FPS		Rigid Body Physics630
3902.8 FPS
694
38.2 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur704
38.7 Mpixels/sec
815
6.28 images/sec		Face Detection499
3.84 images/sec
820
20.2 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection488
12.0 Mpixels/sec
1571
77.1 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting1109
54.4 Mpixels/sec
1646
22.4 Mpixels/sec		HDR998
13.6 Mpixels/sec
1082
868.6 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing695
558.1 Kpixels/sec
741
6.64 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion539
4.83 Kpixels/sec
497
15.9 Words/sec		Speech Recognition534
17.1 Words/sec
356
13.8 images/sec		Machine Learning468
18.1 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

8008Multi-Core Score608
542Crypto Score1250
8313Integer Score549
8590Floating Point Score 629
542
946.5 MB/sec		AES-XTS1250
2.13 GB/sec
11508
58.2 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)598
3.02 MB/sec
8497
402.0 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression594
28.1 Mpixels/sec
7858
22.2 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)581
1.64 MTE/sec
10324
12.1 MElements/sec		HTML5495
580.7 KElements/sec
6700
2.10 Mrows/sec		SQLite476
149.3 Krows/sec
9380
509.0 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering575
31.2 Mpixels/sec
4769
1.48 MB/sec		Text Rendering498
158.7 KB/sec
10207
79.5 Klines/sec		Clang547
4.26 Klines/sec
7813
90.6 images/sec		Camera591
6.85 images/sec
3890
4.87 Mpairs/sec		N-Body Physics513
642.0 Kpairs/sec
17001
105330.5 FPS		Rigid Body Physics624
3864.1 FPS
9335
513.2 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur692
38.0 Mpixels/sec
6540
50.3 images/sec		Face Detection501
3.86 images/sec
9196
226.7 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection488
12.0 Mpixels/sec
11506
564.4 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting1084
53.2 Mpixels/sec
19166
261.2 Mpixels/sec		HDR997
13.6 Mpixels/sec
11286
9.06 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing746
598.8 Kpixels/sec
8474
75.9 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion541
4.85 Kpixels/sec
4244
135.7 Words/sec		Speech Recognition561
17.9 Words/sec
5657
218.6 images/sec		Machine Learning464
17.9 images/sec