AMD EPYC 3201 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 3201 and AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • Around 86011% higher clock speed: 3100 MHz vs 3.6 GHz
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x 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
  • Around 33% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8672 vs 6535
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 February 2018 vs 26 October 2017
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3100 MHz vs 3.6 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB vs 384 KB
L2 cache 4 MB vs 2 MB
L3 cache 16 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 8672 vs 6535

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 30 Watt
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1816 vs 1564
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 30 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1816 vs 1564

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 3201
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1564
1816
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
8672
6535
Name AMD EPYC 3201 AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
PassMark - Single thread mark 1564 1816
PassMark - CPU mark 8672 6535
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 661
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2341
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.657
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 270.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 88.733
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 638
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 925
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2240
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 638
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 925
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2240

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 3201 AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Zen
Family EPYC Embedded AMD Ryzen Processors
Launch date 21 February 2018 26 October 2017
Place in performance rating 1490 1466
Series 3000 AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics
Vertical segment Embedded Laptop
OPN Tray YM2500C4T4MFB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1500 MHz 2 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB 384 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 16 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 95°C
Maximum frequency 3100 MHz 3.6 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 8 8
Die size 246 mm
Number of GPU cores 8
Transistor count 4500 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 2400 MHz

Compatibility

Sockets supported BGA (SP4r2) FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt 15 Watt
Configurable TDP 12-25 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Thermal Solution Not included

Peripherals

Integrated LAN
Max number of PCIe lanes 32
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
FreeSync
The "Zen" Core Architecture
Video Core Next (VCN)

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 1100 MHz
iGPU core count 8
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 8 Graphics

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12