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.

 

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 1267 1196
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)