Intel Xeon Ice Lake vs. AMD EPYC Milan Server Performance, Efficiency & Value In 2023

Written by Michael Larabel in Processors on 8 June 2023 at 05:00 PM EDT. Page 8 of 10. 8 Comments.
OpenSSL benchmark with settings of Algorithm: SHA256. EPYC 7513 2P was the fastest.
OpenSSL benchmark with settings of Algorithm: RSA4096. EPYC 7513 2P was the fastest.
OpenSSL benchmark with settings of Algorithm: RSA4096. EPYC 7513 2P was the fastest.

AMD EPYC Milan generally had the best showing in the OpenSSL benchmarks.

ClickHouse benchmark with settings of 100M Rows Hits Dataset, Third Run. EPYC 7343 2P was the fastest.

The AMD Milan processors had a narrow advantage with the ClickHouse database server performance over Intel's Ice Lake processors.

ClickHouse benchmark with settings of 100M Rows Hits Dataset, Third Run. EPYC 7343 2P was the fastest.

But when factoring in the performance-per-dollar for these AMD and Intel servers, AMD easily was the winner.

ClickHouse benchmark with settings of 100M Rows Hits Dataset, Third Run. EPYC 7343 2P was the fastest.
ClickHouse benchmark with settings of 100M Rows Hits Dataset, Third Run. EPYC 7343 2P was the fastest.
ClickHouse benchmark with settings of 100M Rows Hits Dataset, Third Run. EPYC 7343 2P was the fastest.

Every single AMD processor combination was also delivering better performance-per-Watt over Intel.

Memcached benchmark with settings of Set To Get Ratio: 1:5. Xeon Gold 6338 was the fastest.
Memcached benchmark with settings of Set To Get Ratio: 1:10. EPYC 7713P was the fastest.
Memcached benchmark with settings of Set To Get Ratio: 1:100. EPYC 7713P was the fastest.

The Memcached memory object caching benchmark results were mixed depending upon the set to get ratio for the queries. The Intel Xeon Gold processors did well at around 1:5 for sets to gets but at 1:100 where there was greater scalability, the AMD EPYC processors stepped out in front. The performance per dollar was comparable between AMD and Intel while EPYC once again was delivering better power efficiency.

PostgreSQL benchmark with settings of Scaling Factor: 1000, Clients: 800, Mode: Read Only. Xeon Gold 6338 was the fastest.
PostgreSQL benchmark with settings of Scaling Factor: 1000, Clients: 1000, Mode: Read Only. Xeon Gold 6338 was the fastest.
PostgreSQL benchmark with settings of Scaling Factor: 1000, Clients: 800, Mode: Read Write. Xeon Gold 6346 was the fastest.
PostgreSQL benchmark with settings of Scaling Factor: 1000, Clients: 800, Mode: Read Write, Average Latency. Xeon Gold 6346 was the fastest.

Intel Ice Lake had the raw performance advantage when it came to the PostgreSQL 15 server performance across the range of processors tested. With the performance-per-dollar the results were mixed while the power efficiency advantage continued to side with AMD.

PostgreSQL benchmark with settings of Scaling Factor: 1000, Clients: 800, Mode: Read Write, Average Latency. Xeon Gold 6346 was the fastest.
PostgreSQL benchmark with settings of Scaling Factor: 1000, Clients: 800, Mode: Read Write, Average Latency. Xeon Gold 6346 was the fastest.
PostgreSQL benchmark with settings of Scaling Factor: 1000, Clients: 800, Mode: Read Write, Average Latency. Xeon Gold 6346 was the fastest.

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