Intel Corp (INTC)

[morrowinder]

Another disadvantage for Epyc: you lose 64 lanes of PCIE in 2s systems...


Intel’s Skylake-SP has 768 GB/s of bandwidth whereas Naples has 200 GB/s. Intel has 6 memory channels per die while as AMD has 2 channels per die. Here’s the fun part though, Intel mentions their PCIe lanes and while pointing out the higher PCIe lane count of AMD Naples (EPYC) states that 64 lanes will be reserved for the 2 socket connectivity, implying that only 64 lanes will be actually available in 2S configurations.


http://wccftech.com/intel-replies-amd-naples-hpc-glued-togather-desktop-dies-zen/