AMD EPYC 3201 vs AMD RX-427BB

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 3201 and AMD RX-427BB 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, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 3201

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 35 Watt
Launch date 21 February 2018 vs 20 May 2014
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
L1 cache 768 KB vs 256 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD RX-427BB

  • Around 16% higher clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 3100 MHz
Maximum frequency 3600 MHz vs 3100 MHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 3201
CPU 2: AMD RX-427BB

Name AMD EPYC 3201 AMD RX-427BB
PassMark - Single thread mark 1500
PassMark - CPU mark 8545
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.913
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 12.202
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 3.551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1809
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5750
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1809
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5750

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 3201 AMD RX-427BB

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Bald Eagle
Family EPYC Embedded AMD R-Series
Launch date 21 February 2018 20 May 2014
Place in performance rating 1441 1546
Series 3000
Vertical segment Embedded Embedded
Processor Number RX-427BB

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1500 MHz 2700 MHz
L1 cache 768 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 4 MB
L3 cache 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C
Maximum frequency 3100 MHz 3600 MHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 8 4
Die size 928 mm2

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 34.1 GB/s 34.1 GB/s
Supported memory types DDR4-2133 DDR3-2133

Compatibility

Sockets supported BGA (SP4r2) BGA (FP3)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt 35 Watt
Configurable TDP 30-35 Watt
Package Size micro-BGA

Peripherals

Integrated LAN
Max number of PCIe lanes 32 16
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
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 600 MHz
Graphics max frequency 686 MHz
Number of pipelines 512
Processor graphics Radeon R7 Graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 4

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.1
OpenGL 4.2