AMD EPYC 3201 vs Intel Core i5-8400H

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 3201 and Intel Core i5-8400H 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 3201

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • Around 73710% higher clock speed: 3100 MHz vs 4.20 GHz
  • 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 45 Watt
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8672 vs 7636
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3100 MHz vs 4.20 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB vs 256 KB
L2 cache 4 MB vs 1 MB
L3 cache 16 MB vs 8 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 8672 vs 7636

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-8400H

  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C
  • Around 50% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2348 vs 1564
Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95 °C
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2348 vs 1564

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 3201
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-8400H

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1564
2348
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
8672
7636
Name AMD EPYC 3201 Intel Core i5-8400H
PassMark - Single thread mark 1564 2348
PassMark - CPU mark 8672 7636
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1044
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3428

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 3201 Intel Core i5-8400H

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Coffee Lake
Family EPYC Embedded
Launch date 21 February 2018 1 March 2018
Place in performance rating 1491 1369
Series 3000 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors
Vertical segment Embedded Mobile
Price now $250
Processor Number i5-8400H
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 12.11

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1500 MHz 2.50 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 16 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 100°C
Maximum frequency 3100 MHz 4.20 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 8 8
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI
Die size 126 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 34.1 GB/s 41.8 GB/s
Supported memory types DDR4-2133 DDR4-2666, LPDDR3-2133
Maximum memory size 64 GB

Compatibility

Sockets supported BGA (SP4r2) FCBGA1440
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt 45 Watt
Configurable TDP-down 35 W
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® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
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 0x3E9B
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 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® UHD Graphics 630

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@30Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5