AMD EPYC 7551 vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2

What is the difference between AMD EPYC 7551 and Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2. Find out which CPU has better performance.

AMD EPYC 7551
AMD EPYC 7551
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2

Performance (Benchmarks)

665Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score541
5655Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score4989
23002PassMark CPU Mark Rating10409
1784PassMark Single Thread Rating1493

Processor Specs

AMD EPYC 7551ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2660 v2
2000 MHzFrequency2200 MHz
2550 MHzMaximum Frequency3000 MHz
32Cores10
64Threads20
180 WTDP95 W
NaplesCodenameIvy Bridge EP
Socket SP3 (4094)PackageFCLGA2011

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

630Single-Core Score545
2454Multi-Core Score548
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTSOperating SystemUbuntu 18.04.3 LTS
QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)ModelOpenStack Foundation OpenStack Nova
N/AMotherboardN/A

CPU Specifications

AMD EPYC 7551NameIntel Xeon E5-2660 v2
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 1 Core
AuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 1 Stepping 2IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 62 Stepping 4
2.00 GHzBase Frequency2.20 GHz
64.0 KB x 4L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 1
64.0 KB x 4L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 1
512 KB x 4L2 Cache4.00 MB x 1
16.0 MB x 1L3 Cache16.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

31.36 GBSize1.95 GB

Geekbench 5 result (single)

630Single-Core Score545
1209Crypto Score622
572Integer Score504
658Floating Point Score 620
1209
2.06 GB/sec		AES-XTS622
1.06 GB/sec
628
3.18 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)675
3.41 MB/sec
607
28.7 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression550
26.0 Mpixels/sec
649
1.83 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)637
1.80 MTE/sec
508
596.5 KElements/sec		HTML5250
293.8 KElements/sec
508
159.2 Krows/sec		SQLite555
173.8 Krows/sec
578
31.4 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering535
29.0 Mpixels/sec
512
163.1 KB/sec		Text Rendering419
133.6 KB/sec
571
4.45 Klines/sec		Clang514
4.00 Klines/sec
606
7.03 images/sec		Camera555
6.43 images/sec
588
736.3 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics561
701.6 Kpairs/sec
625
3870.7 FPS		Rigid Body Physics668
4136.7 FPS
698
38.3 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur485
26.7 Mpixels/sec
499
3.85 images/sec		Face Detection554
4.27 images/sec
575
14.2 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection596
14.7 Mpixels/sec
1130
55.4 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting1063
52.2 Mpixels/sec
1068
14.6 Mpixels/sec		HDR1063
14.5 Mpixels/sec
718
576.4 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing723
581.0 Kpixels/sec
536
4.80 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion428
3.84 Kpixels/sec
641
20.5 Words/sec		Speech Recognition671
21.4 Words/sec
455
17.6 images/sec		Machine Learning368
14.2 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2454Multi-Core Score548
2871Crypto Score631
2045Integer Score504
3271Floating Point Score 631
2871
4.89 GB/sec		AES-XTS631
1.08 GB/sec
2097
10.6 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)677
3.42 MB/sec
2570
121.6 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression579
27.4 Mpixels/sec
1512
4.26 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)653
1.84 MTE/sec
2787
3.27 MElements/sec		HTML5250
293.0 KElements/sec
1499
469.7 Krows/sec		SQLite524
164.0 Krows/sec
2307
125.2 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering534
29.0 Mpixels/sec
1991
634.3 KB/sec		Text Rendering408
129.9 KB/sec
1584
12.3 Klines/sec		Clang520
4.05 Klines/sec
2522
29.2 images/sec		Camera548
6.36 images/sec
3006
3.76 Mpairs/sec		N-Body Physics566
708.2 Kpairs/sec
4078
25262.8 FPS		Rigid Body Physics664
4115.4 FPS
2864
157.4 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur482
26.5 Mpixels/sec
3251
25.0 images/sec		Face Detection578
4.45 images/sec
3198
78.8 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection614
15.1 Mpixels/sec
4092
200.7 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting1101
54.0 Mpixels/sec
5856
79.8 Mpixels/sec		HDR1076
14.7 Mpixels/sec
4856
3.90 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing770
618.0 Kpixels/sec
2850
25.5 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion433
3.88 Kpixels/sec
2170
69.4 Words/sec		Speech Recognition671
21.5 Words/sec
1744
67.4 images/sec		Machine Learning372
14.4 images/sec