AMD EPYC 3151 vs Intel Xeon W-2191B

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 3151 and Intel Xeon W-2191B 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 3151

  • CPU is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Launch date 21 Feb 2018 vs 5 June 2017

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W-2191B

  • 14 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 4
  • 28 more threads: 36 vs 8
  • Around 148176% higher clock speed: 4300 MHz vs 2.9 GHz
  • 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 9x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 1622016x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 32% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2494 vs 1883
  • 3.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 27984 vs 8376
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 18 vs 4
Number of threads 36 vs 8
Maximum frequency 4300 MHz vs 2.9 GHz
L1 cache 1.125 MB vs 96K (per core)
L2 cache 18 MB vs 512K (per core)
L3 cache 24.75 MB vs 16MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2494 vs 1883
PassMark - CPU mark 27984 vs 8376

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 3151
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W-2191B

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1883
2494
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
8376
27984
Name AMD EPYC 3151 Intel Xeon W-2191B
PassMark - Single thread mark 1883 2494
PassMark - CPU mark 8376 27984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 18.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 119.388
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 9.337
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 26.355

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 3151 Intel Xeon W-2191B

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Skylake W
Launch date 21 Feb 2018 5 June 2017
Place in performance rating 1267 1218
Family Xeon W
Processor Number W-2191B
Series W-2000
Vertical segment Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.7 GHz 2300 MHz
Die size 213 mm²
L1 cache 96K (per core) 1.125 MB
L2 cache 512K (per core) 18 MB
L3 cache 16MB (shared) 24.75 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C
Maximum frequency 2.9 GHz 4300 MHz
Number of cores 4 18
Number of threads 8 36
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR4-2666 MHz, Dual-channel DDR4-2666
Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 79.47 GB/s
Maximum memory size 512 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported AMD BGA SP4r2 FCLGA-2066 (R4)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 3, 32 Lanes, (CPU only) 1x16, 1x8, 1x4
Max number of PCIe lanes 48
PCI Express revision 3.0

Security & Reliability

Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)