AMD EPYC 3151 vs Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 3151 and Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 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.

AMD EPYC 3151

Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 3151

Around 36% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 70°C
3.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 140 Watt

Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 70°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 140 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
8 more threads: 16 vs 8
Around 31% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2204 vs 1883
Around 63% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13619 vs 8376

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 8
Maximum frequency	3.80 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2204 vs 1883
PassMark - CPU mark	13619 vs 8376

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 3151
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1883

2204

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8376

13619

Name	AMD EPYC 3151	Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	1883	2204
PassMark - CPU mark	8376	13619
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		888
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		6851

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD EPYC 3151	Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Broadwell
Launch date	21 Feb 2018	Q2'16
Place in performance rating	1267	1249
Processor Number		E5-1660V4
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status		Launched
Vertical segment		Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.7 GHz	3.20 GHz
Die size	213 mm²
L1 cache	96K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)
L3 cache	16MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	70°C
Maximum frequency	2.9 GHz	3.80 GHz
Number of cores	4	8
Number of threads	8	16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		0 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		0
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR4-2666 MHz, Dual-channel	DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400
Max memory channels		4
Maximum memory bandwidth		76.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size		1.5 TB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AMD BGA SP4r2	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	140 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		45mm x 52.5mm
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 32 Lanes, (CPU only)	x4, x8, x16
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
PCI Express revision		3.0
Scalability		1S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-bit
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)