AMD Athlon PRO 300U vs AMD EPYC 3201

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon PRO 300U and AMD EPYC 3201 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Athlon PRO 300U

AMD EPYC 3201

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon PRO 300U

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 30 Watt
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1931 vs 1564

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 Apr 2019 vs 21 February 2018
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 30 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1931 vs 1564

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 3201

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 93839% higher clock speed: 3100 MHz vs 3.3 GHz
3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
4194304x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8672 vs 4080

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 2
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3100 MHz vs 3.3 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB vs 128K (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB vs 512K (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB vs 4MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	8672 vs 4080

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon PRO 300U
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 3201

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1931

1564

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4080

8672

Name	AMD Athlon PRO 300U	AMD EPYC 3201
PassMark - Single thread mark	1931	1564
PassMark - CPU mark	4080	8672

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon PRO 300U	AMD EPYC 3201
Essentials
Architecture codename	Raven Ridge 2	Zen
Launch date	8 Apr 2019	21 February 2018
Place in performance rating	1322	1490
Family		EPYC Embedded
Series		3000
Vertical segment		Embedded
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	1500 MHz
L1 cache	128K (per core)	768 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	4 MB
L3 cache	4MB (shared)	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz	3100 MHz
Number of cores	2	8
Number of threads	4	8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Maximum core temperature		95 °C
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR4, Dual-channel	DDR4-2133
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		34.1 GB/s
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Sockets supported	FP5	BGA (SP4r2)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	30 Watt
Peripherals
Integrated LAN
Max number of PCIe lanes		32
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports		8
Number of USB ports		4
PCI Express revision		3.0
PCIe configurations		x16, x8, x4, x2
UART
USB revision		3.0
Security & Reliability
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)