AMD EPYC 3201 vs Intel Core i7-4900MQ

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 3201 and Intel Core i7-4900MQ 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, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 3201

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • Around 81479% higher clock speed: 3100 MHz vs 3.80 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
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 57% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 47 Watt
  • Around 42% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8672 vs 6108
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 February 2018 vs 1 June 2013
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3100 MHz vs 3.80 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
L1 cache 768 KB vs 256 KB
L2 cache 4 MB vs 1024 KB
L3 cache 16 MB vs 8192 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 47 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 8672 vs 6108

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-4900MQ

  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1991 vs 1564
Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95 °C
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1991 vs 1564

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 3201
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-4900MQ

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1564
1991
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
8672
6108
Name AMD EPYC 3201 Intel Core i7-4900MQ
PassMark - Single thread mark 1564 1991
PassMark - CPU mark 8672 6108
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 838
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3000
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 15.259
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 3.341
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 5.091
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3387
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3387
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 3201 Intel Core i7-4900MQ

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Haswell
Family EPYC Embedded
Launch date 21 February 2018 1 June 2013
Place in performance rating 1492 1446
Series 3000 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Vertical segment Embedded Mobile
Launch price (MSRP) $568
Price now $586.67
Processor Number i7-4900MQ
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 4.54

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1500 MHz 2.80 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 1024 KB
L3 cache 16 MB 8192 KB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 100°C
Maximum frequency 3100 MHz 3.80 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 8 8
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2
Die size 177 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 100 °C
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 DDR3L 1333/1600
Maximum memory size 32 GB

Compatibility

Sockets supported BGA (SP4r2) FCPGA946
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt 47 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm x 4.7mm

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
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® Secure Key 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
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
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 0x416
Graphics base frequency 400 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.30 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.3 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 2 GB
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 4600

Graphics interfaces

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

Graphics image quality

Max resolution over DisplayPort 3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA 2880x1800@60Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.2/12
OpenGL 4.3