AMD EPYC 3151 vs Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 3151 and Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 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

  • Around 27% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 74.7°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • 3.6x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 160 Watt
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 74.7°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 160 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 4
  • 12 more threads: 20 vs 8
  • Around 21% higher clock speed: 3.50 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1943 vs 1883
  • 2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 24001 vs 8376
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 10 vs 4
Number of threads 20 vs 8
Maximum frequency 3.50 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1943 vs 1883
PassMark - CPU mark 24001 vs 8376

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 3151
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1883
1943
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
8376
24001
Name AMD EPYC 3151 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 1883 1943
PassMark - CPU mark 8376 24001
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 805
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 7269

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 3151 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Haswell
Launch date 21 Feb 2018 Q3'14
Place in performance rating 1266 1240
Processor Number E5-2687WV3
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.7 GHz 3.10 GHz
Die size 213 mm²
L1 cache 96K (per core)
L2 cache 512K (per core)
L3 cache 16MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 74.7°C
Maximum frequency 2.9 GHz 3.50 GHz
Number of cores 4 10
Number of threads 8 20
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 2
VID voltage range 0.65V–1.30V

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR4-2666 MHz, Dual-channel DDR4 1600/1866/2133
Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 68 GB/s
Maximum memory size 768 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 2
Sockets supported AMD BGA SP4r2 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 160 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 52.5mm x 45mm

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 3, 32 Lanes, (CPU only) x4, x8, x16
Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0
Scalability 2S

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)