AMD EPYC 3201 vs AMD PRO A8-9600B

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 3201 and AMD PRO A8-9600B processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 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 3201

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • Around 93839% higher clock speed: 3100 MHz vs 3.3 GHz
  • Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 90°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 31% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1564 vs 1194
  • 3.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8672 vs 2292
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 February 2018 vs 10/24/2016
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3100 MHz vs 3.3 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95 °C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache 4 MB vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1564 vs 1194
PassMark - CPU mark 8672 vs 2292

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A8-9600B

  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 30 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 30 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 3201
CPU 2: AMD PRO A8-9600B

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1564
1194
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
8672
2292
Name AMD EPYC 3201 AMD PRO A8-9600B
PassMark - Single thread mark 1564 1194
PassMark - CPU mark 8672 2292
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 427
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1128
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 12.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 231.224
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 19.579
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 57.356

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 3201 AMD PRO A8-9600B

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Bristol Ridge
Family EPYC Embedded AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date 21 February 2018 10/24/2016
Place in performance rating 1491 1475
Series 3000 AMD PRO A-Series A8 APU for Laptops
Vertical segment Embedded Laptop
OPN Tray AM960BADY44AB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1500 MHz 2.4 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 90°C
Maximum frequency 3100 MHz 3.3 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 8 4
Die size 250 mm
Number of GPU cores 6
Transistor count 3100 Million
Unlocked

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
Supported memory types DDR4-2133 DDR4
Supported memory frequency 1866 MHz

Compatibility

Sockets supported BGA (SP4r2) FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt 15 Watt
Configurable TDP 12 Watt/15 Watt

Peripherals

Integrated LAN
Max number of PCIe lanes 32 8
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports 8
Number of USB ports 4
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations x16, x8, x4, x2
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
AMD Secure technology
DualGraphics
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 720 MHz
iGPU core count 6
Processor graphics R5
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan