Analysis done by EPYC TCO Comparison Tool, May 2018, to support 1500 virtual machines. Individual results for total cost savings may vary depending on user inputs or needs, cost variables, and other elements affecting this TCO analysis.

Based on 1 virtual machine per core, comparing servers powered by the AMD EPYC 7601 (32 cores per socket) vs. servers with the Intel 8180 (28 cores per socket).

Compares 3-year total cost of ownership for 320 virtual machines of 1 virtual machine per core with 8GB of DRAM per core with similar performance.

High-end 2S vs 2S comparison - up to 44% Lower 3-year TCO, excluding software costs.

TCO-01: Compares delivering 11,550,120 jOPS as measured by SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM Max-jOPS benchmark, utilizing 2-socket Intel 8280 servers versus 2-socket AMD EPYC™ 7742 servers. Intel-based server tested to achieve192,502 jOPS. AMD EPYC server tested to achieve 355,121jOPS. As a result, an estimated 60 Intel based servers versus 33 AMD EPYC™ based servers are needed to meet a jOPS performance of 11,550,120.

System Configurations: Intel Xeon based servers include 2U Rack Mount chassis, with (2) Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8280 2.7GHz base frequency, 28 cores/56 threads, (24) 16GB RDIMM DDR4 2933MT/s, Dual Rank DIMMs, (1) 960GB SATA SSD, (1) dual port 10GbE ethernet adapter dual hot swap power supplies w/cables, and OEM standard warranty with a price of $57,156 each for a total hardware acquisition price of $3,429,360.AMD EPYC™ servers include Dual Socket 2U Rack Mount chassis, with (2) AMD EPYC™ 7742, 2.25GHz base frequency, 64 cores/128 threads, (32) 32GB RDIMM DDR4 2933MT/s, Dual Rank DIMMs, (1) 1.92TB SSD SAS Mix Use drive, (1) dual port 1GbE ethernet adapter, dual hot swap power supplies w/cables, and OEM standard warranty with estimated price of $58,553 each for a total hardware acquisition price of $1,931,589.

Estimated System Pricing: Estimated Pricing for Intel Xeon Based Systems based on select OEM system pricing as of 8/5/2019. Estimated Pricing for AMD EPYC™ Based Systems based on projected OEM list price for the most comparable system. Pricing is an AMD estimate only – actual pricing will vary by system and seller.

Power estimates: is an internal AMD estimate, based on each server consuming 762 watts each input power - electricity cost estimate of $1,610/server calculated at $0.12/kw/hr with an assumed PUE of 2.0, resulting in an estimated 3 yr power cost of $289,800 for Intel-based systems and $159,390 for AMD EPYC™ systems.

Real estate: based on AMD internal estimate of Data Center space cost of $19,053 per cabinet per year results in $171,477 (3 Rack Cabinets) and $94,312 (1.6 Rack Cabinets) over three years for Intel-based and AMD EPYC-based systems respectively. Server Administration cost: calculated with an estimate of $85,795 per server administrator with a ratio of one server administrator per 30 servers resulting in $514,770 (for 60 servers) and $283,124 (for 33 servers) 3 yr server administration costs for Intel-based and AMD EPYC-based systems respectively.

Total estimated 3 Year TCO: $4,405,407 for Intel-based Systems and $2,468,415 for AMD EPYC-based systems. As a result, AMD EPYC based systems are estimated to deliver a lower TCO (excluding software costs) of up to 44%. This scenario contains many assumptions and estimates and, while based on AMD internal research and best approximations, should be considered an example for information purposes only, and not used as a basis for decision making over actual testing. See https://www.spec.org/jbb2015/results/res2019q2/jbb2015-20190314-00414.html for Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 score, and see http://spec.org/jbb2015/results/res2019q3/jbb2015-20190717-00463.html for the AMD EPYC 7772 score. SPEC® and SPECjbb® are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. See www.spec.org for more information.

Variant 1 - Up to 45% lower 3-year TCO for 1 x EPYC 7702P vs 2 x Xeon 6242 based servers, virtualized deployment, no apps

Comparison results calculated by AMD based on a hypothetical scenario hosting 3,200 virtual machines on 2-socket Intel Xeon 6242 16 cores ea. (32 total cores) based systems compared to 1-socket AMD EPYC™ 7702P 64 total core system, each VM (virtual machine) allocated one core, (1) 1 TB hard drive @ $387, and 8GB of DRAM with a cost of $16.41 per GB using 16GB DDR4 DRAM.

All calculations are based on AMD's best estimates of what actual costs and other values will be for both AMD and Intel based platforms.

Each AMD 7702P system supports 64 VMs and each Intel 6242 system supports 32 VMs, for a total of 50 AMD powered servers and 100 Intel based servers. These estimates do not include any VM server management costs.

System Configurations and Hardware Costs: Intel Xeon based servers include (2) Intel® Xeon® Gold 6242 @ $2,529 ea.,($5,058) with 256 GB of memory, a dual socket 2U rack mount server, each with power supplies, and NIC @ $2,500, for a total per server price of $12,146.56 ea. and a total hardware acquisition price of $1,214,656 for 100 servers. AMD EPYC™ servers include a single socket 2U rack mount chassis, with (1) AMD EPYC™ 7702P at $4,425, with 512 GB of memory, a single socket 2U rack mount server, each with power supplies, and NIC @ $2,200, for a total per server price of $15,414.52 ea. and a total hardware acquisition price of $770,726 for 50 servers.

Power estimates: AMD 315 watts per server per hour, for a total solution power of 1360.8 kW per month for 50 servers. Intel 415 watts per server per hour, for a total solution power of 3585.6 kW per month for 100 servers. 3-year total power with a PUE of 2 and a power cost of $0.12 per kWh: AMD - $97,977.60 and Intel - $258,163.20.

Real estate Data center 3-year real estate cost estimates based on $20/mth/sq. ft and 27 sq. ft per rack are for: Intel is 5 rack cabinets at $97,200 and for AMD of $48,600 (2.5 rack cabinets).

Server Administration: Server Administration cost is calculated with an estimate of $110,500 annually per server administrator (includes 30% burden) with a ratio of one server administrator per 30 servers resulting in Intel cost of $1,105,000 (for 100 servers) and for AMD $552,500 (for 50 servers) for total 3 yr. server administration costs. 

Total estimated 3 Year TCO: $2,675,019 for the Intel-based Systems and $1,469,804 for the AMD EPYC powered systems.  As a result, AMD EPYC based systems are estimated to deliver up to a 45% lower TCO (excluding software costs). Annual cost per VM: (1469804/3200)/3=$279; (2675091/3200)/3=$153.

Disclaimer: This scenario contains many assumptions and estimates and, while based on AMD internal research and best approximations, should be considered an example for information purposes only, and not used as a basis for decision making in place of actual testing.”