AMD EPYC 3201 vs Intel Core i5-6442EQ

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 3201 and Intel Core i5-6442EQ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 3201

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • Around 114715% higher clock speed: 3100 MHz vs 2.70 GHz
  • Around 90% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8545 vs 4487
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3100 MHz vs 2.70 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 8545 vs 4487

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-6442EQ

  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C
  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 30 Watt
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1649 vs 1500
Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 30 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1649 vs 1500

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 3201
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-6442EQ

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1500
1649
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
8545
4487
Name AMD EPYC 3201 Intel Core i5-6442EQ
PassMark - Single thread mark 1500 1649
PassMark - CPU mark 8545 4487

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 3201 Intel Core i5-6442EQ

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Skylake
Family EPYC Embedded
Launch date 21 February 2018 Q4'15
Place in performance rating 1441 1420
Series 3000 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors
Vertical segment Embedded Embedded
Processor Number i5-6442EQ
Status Launched

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1500 MHz 1.90 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB
L2 cache 4 MB
L3 cache 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 100°C
Maximum frequency 3100 MHz 2.70 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 8 4
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3

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 DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory size 64 GB

Compatibility

Sockets supported BGA (SP4r2) FCBGA1440
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt 25 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 42mm x 28mm

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 Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
UART
USB revision 3.0

Security & Reliability

Secure Boot
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

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
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Graphics

Device ID 0x191B
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.00 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 530

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5