AMD Athlon Silver 3050U vs AMD EPYC 3201

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 3050U and AMD EPYC 3201 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 30 Watt
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1701 vs 1564
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 Jan 2020 vs 21 February 2018
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 30 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1701 vs 1564

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 3201

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
  • 6 more threads: 8 vs 2
  • Around 96775% higher clock speed: 3100 MHz vs 3.2 GHz
  • 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8672 vs 2983
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 2
Number of threads 8 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3100 MHz vs 3.2 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB vs 192 KB
L2 cache 4 MB vs 1 MB
L3 cache 16 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 8672 vs 2983

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 3201

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1701
1564
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2983
8672
Name AMD Athlon Silver 3050U AMD EPYC 3201
PassMark - Single thread mark 1701 1564
PassMark - CPU mark 2983 8672

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon Silver 3050U AMD EPYC 3201

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Zen
Launch date 6 Jan 2020 21 February 2018
OPN Tray YM3050C4T2OFG
Place in performance rating 1513 1490
Processor Number 3050U
Vertical segment Mobile Embedded
Family EPYC Embedded
Series 3000

Performance

Base frequency 2.3 GHz 1500 MHz
L1 cache 192 KB 768 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 4 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 95 °C
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 3100 MHz
Number of cores 2 8
Number of GPU cores 2
Number of threads 2 8
Unlocked
64 bit support

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 35.76 GB/s 34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR4-2133

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.6
Vulkan

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 12-25 Watt
Sockets supported FP5 BGA (SP4r2)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 30 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 12 32
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x8+1x4 x16, x8, x4, x2
Integrated LAN
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports 8
Number of USB ports 4
UART
USB revision 3.0

Security & Reliability

Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)