AMD EPYC 3201 vs Intel Core i7-3615QE

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 3201 and Intel Core i7-3615QE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 3201

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • Around 93839% higher clock speed: 3100 MHz vs 3.30 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • 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
  • 2.7x 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 55% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8672 vs 5601
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 February 2018 vs April 2012
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3100 MHz vs 3.30 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
L1 cache 768 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB vs 6144 KB (shared)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 8672 vs 5601

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-3615QE

  • Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 95 °C
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1802 vs 1564
Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature 105°C vs 95 °C
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1802 vs 1564

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 3201
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-3615QE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1564
1802
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
8672
5601
Name AMD EPYC 3201 Intel Core i7-3615QE
PassMark - Single thread mark 1564 1802
PassMark - CPU mark 8672 5601

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 3201 Intel Core i7-3615QE

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Ivy Bridge
Family EPYC Embedded
Launch date 21 February 2018 April 2012
Place in performance rating 1492 1392
Series 3000 Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Vertical segment Embedded Embedded
Processor Number i7-3615QE
Status Launched

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1500 MHz 2.30 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB 6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 105°C
Maximum frequency 3100 MHz 3.30 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 8 8
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Die size 160 mm
Transistor count 1400 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 34.1 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Supported memory types DDR4-2133 DDR3/DDR3L 1067/1333/1600
Maximum memory size 16.11 GB

Compatibility

Sockets supported BGA (SP4r2) FCBGA1023
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt 45 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 31mm x 24mm (BGA 1023)

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 1x16 2x8 1x8 2x4
UART
USB revision 3.0

Security & Reliability

Secure Boot
Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
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
4G WiMAX Wireless
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
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

Graphics base frequency 650 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.00 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 4000

Graphics interfaces

CRT
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3
SDVO
Wireless Display (WiDi) support