AMD EPYC 3151 vs Intel Xeon E7-4830

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 3151 and Intel Xeon E7-4830 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 E7-4830

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 3151

Around 21% higher clock speed: 2.9 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
Around 48% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 64°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 86% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1883 vs 1012

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	2.9 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 64°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1883 vs 1012

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-4830

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
8 more threads: 16 vs 8
2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 19981 vs 8376

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 8
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	19981 vs 8376

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 3151
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-4830

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1883

1012

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8376

19981

Name	AMD EPYC 3151	Intel Xeon E7-4830
PassMark - Single thread mark	1883	1012
PassMark - CPU mark	8376	19981
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1696
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		10382

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD EPYC 3151	Intel Xeon E7-4830
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Westmere EX
Launch date	21 Feb 2018	Q2'11
Place in performance rating	1266	1194
Processor Number		E7-4830
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 Family
Status		Discontinued
Vertical segment		Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.7 GHz	2.13 GHz
Die size	213 mm²
L1 cache	96K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)
L3 cache	16MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	64°C
Maximum frequency	2.9 GHz	2.40 GHz
Number of cores	4	8
Number of threads	8	16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		6.4 GT/s QPI
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR4-2666 MHz, Dual-channel	DDR3 800/978/1066/1333 (Max Speed 1066 MHz)
Max memory channels		4
Maximum memory size		2 TB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	4
Sockets supported	AMD BGA SP4r2	LGA1567
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	105 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		49.17mm x 56.47mm
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 32 Lanes, (CPU only)
Scalability		S4S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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)