AMD EPYC 3151 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 3151 and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD EPYC 3151

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 3151

CPU is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt

Launch date	21 Feb 2018 vs 29 June 2017
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
4 more threads: 12 vs 8
Around 24% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
1048576x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11240 vs 8376

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	6 vs 4
Number of threads	12 vs 8
Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
L1 cache	576 KB vs 96K (per core)
L2 cache	3 MB vs 512K (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB vs 16MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1884 vs 1883
PassMark - CPU mark	11240 vs 8376

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 3151
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1883

1884

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8376

11240

Name	AMD EPYC 3151	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600
PassMark - Single thread mark	1883	1884
PassMark - CPU mark	8376	11240
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		3665
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		16580
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		18.545
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		43.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.893
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		2.543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		9.469

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD EPYC 3151	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Zen
Launch date	21 Feb 2018	29 June 2017
Place in performance rating	1266	1188
Family		AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
OPN Tray		YD160BBBM6IAE
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series		AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop Processors
Vertical segment		Desktop
Performance
Base frequency	2.7 GHz	3.2 GHz
Die size	213 mm²	192 mm
L1 cache	96K (per core)	576 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	3 MB
L3 cache	16MB (shared)	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	95°C
Maximum frequency	2.9 GHz	3.6 GHz
Number of cores	4	6
Number of threads	8	12
Unlocked
64 bit support
Transistor count		4800 million
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR4-2666 MHz, Dual-channel	DDR4
Max memory channels		2
Supported memory frequency		2667 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AMD BGA SP4r2	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	65 Watt
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 32 Lanes, (CPU only)
PCI Express revision		3.0 x16
Security & Reliability
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
Extended Frequency Range (XFR)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
TSM Encryption
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)