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 |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Name | AMD EPYC 3201 | AMD PRO A8-9600B |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 | 1492 | 1476 |
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 |
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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 | |
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Memory |
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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 |
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Sockets supported | BGA (SP4r2) | FP4 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 30 Watt | 15 Watt |
Configurable TDP | 12 Watt/15 Watt | |
Peripherals |
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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 |
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Secure Boot | ||
Advanced Technologies |
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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 |
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AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™) | ||
IOMMU 2.0 | ||
Graphics |
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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 |
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DisplayPort | ||
HDMI | ||
Graphics API support |
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DirectX | 12 | |
Vulkan |