AMD EPYC 3151 vs Intel Xeon E5-4640 v4

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 3151 and Intel Xeon E5-4640 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 3151

  • Around 12% higher clock speed: 2.9 GHz vs 2.60 GHz
  • Around 19% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 80
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 105 Watt
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1883 vs 1573
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 2.9 GHz vs 2.60 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 80
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1883 vs 1573

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4640 v4

  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
  • 16 more threads: 24 vs 8
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22559 vs 8376
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 12 vs 4
Number of threads 24 vs 8
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 22559 vs 8376

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 3151
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4640 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1883
1573
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
8376
22559
Name AMD EPYC 3151 Intel Xeon E5-4640 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark 1883 1573
PassMark - CPU mark 8376 22559

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 3151 Intel Xeon E5-4640 v4

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Broadwell
Launch date 21 Feb 2018 Q2'16
Place in performance rating 1266 1197
Processor Number E5-4640V4
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.7 GHz 2.10 GHz
Die size 213 mm²
L1 cache 96K (per core)
L2 cache 512K (per core)
L3 cache 16MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 80
Maximum frequency 2.9 GHz 2.60 GHz
Number of cores 4 12
Number of threads 8 24
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 2

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR4-2666 MHz, Dual-channel DDR4
Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 68 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 4
Sockets supported AMD BGA SP4r2 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 105 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 4S

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
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® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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)