AMD EPYC 3151 vs Intel Xeon E3-1220L v2

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 3151 and Intel Xeon E3-1220L v2 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 3151

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • 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
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1883 vs 1505
  • 3.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8376 vs 2248
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 Feb 2018 vs May 2012
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
L1 cache 96K (per core) vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 512K (per core) vs 256 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1883 vs 1505
PassMark - CPU mark 8376 vs 2248

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1220L v2

  • Around 21% higher clock speed: 3.50 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
  • 524288x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 17 Watt vs 45 Watt
Maximum frequency 3.50 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
L3 cache 8192 KB (shared) vs 16MB (shared)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 17 Watt vs 45 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 3151
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1220L v2

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1883
1505
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
8376
2248
Name AMD EPYC 3151 Intel Xeon E3-1220L v2
PassMark - Single thread mark 1883 1505
PassMark - CPU mark 8376 2248
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2267
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 5828

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 3151 Intel Xeon E3-1220L v2

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Ivy Bridge
Launch date 21 Feb 2018 May 2012
Place in performance rating 1267 1228
Processor Number E3-1220LV2
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v2 Family
Status Discontinued
Vertical segment Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.7 GHz 2.30 GHz
Die size 213 mm²
L1 cache 96K (per core) 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 512K (per core) 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16MB (shared) 8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C
Maximum frequency 2.9 GHz 3.50 GHz
Number of cores 4 2
Number of threads 8 4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR4-2666 MHz, Dual-channel DDR3 1333/1600
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32.23 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AMD BGA SP4r2 FCLGA1155
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 17 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 3, 32 Lanes, (CPU only) 1x16 & 1x4, 2x8 & 1x4 or 1x8 & 3x4
PCI Express revision 3.0

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)